CXF client won't run

[Poindexter, Miles]

Hi,
My apologies if this question seems obvious but I'm new to CXF and on a tight 
schedule.

I have built a few clients in Java before this using CXF 2.7.3 and things have 
gone fairly smoothly.

But this latest one won't run and the exception is saying it can't find a class 
in the CXF framework.

I've tried it using both CXF 2.7.6 and then reverting to 2.7.3.

The code compiles fine.
But when I run the client test, I get this error:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.cxf.jaxb.JAXBDataBinding

Is this class deprecated or no longer used in the latest CXF?

When I add this dependency:
<dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
          <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-simple</artifactId>
          <version>2.4.2</version>
        </dependency>

Then the new error is:
ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.cxf.frontend.MethodDispatcher

I can definitely understand if org.apache.cxf.jaxb.JAXBDataBinding is gone is 
versions later than 2.4.2.

But I don't know why a bunch of stubs created using wsdl2java are trying to use 
a class that is not there?
Nothing in my code is calling for org.apache.cxf.jaxb.JAXBDataBinding.
Its happening behind the scenes when I try to get the Port object:

new SupplierService_Service(wsdlLocation).getSupplierPort11();

Here's all of my dependencies:  (version is 2.7.3)
<dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
            <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>
            <version>${cxf.version}</version>
            <!-- scope>provided</scope -->
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
            <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs</artifactId>
            <version>${cxf.version}</version>
            <!-- scope>provided</scope -->
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
            <artifactId>cxf-rt-databinding-jaxb</artifactId>
            <version>${cxf.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
            <artifactId>cxf-bundle-jaxrs</artifactId>
            <version>${cxf.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
            <artifactId>cxf-rt-bindings-soap</artifactId>
            <version>${cxf.version}</version>
            <!-- scope>provided</scope -->
        </dependency>

Can anyone help me get around this?

miles

Miles Poindexter
Service Oriented Architecture, Senior Analyst
miles_poindex...@condenast.com
347-967-8944 / 212-790-6692