JSF: Composite component getting ClassNotFoundException when nested class is used in cc:attribute:type in EAP 7.x

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Issue

Consider having an interface Facade in a jar located in EAR\lib. This interface defines a nested class MyClass. Then create a composite JSF component in EAR\WAR, which declares an attribute of type MyClass.method:

<cc:interface>
    <cc:attribute name="data" type="MyClass.method" required="true" />

When a page that uses this component is rendered, ClassNotFoundException is thrown when system tries to access MyClass.method

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.project.web.Foo.Bar from [Module "deployment.project-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war:main" from Service Module Loader]
    at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:196)
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:363)
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:351)
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:93)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.util.ReflectionUtil.forName(ReflectionUtil.java:100)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.composite.AttributeHandler$CCAttributePropertyDescriptor.getValue(AttributeHandler.java:208)
    ... 49 more

Environment

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.x

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