Index: maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/option/generate/AbstractGeneratorGoal.java
diff -u maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/option/generate/AbstractGeneratorGoal.java:1.5 maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/option/generate/AbstractGeneratorGoal.java:1.6
--- maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/option/generate/AbstractGeneratorGoal.java:1.5	Thu Jan  3 05:46:45 2008
+++ maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/option/generate/AbstractGeneratorGoal.java	Thu Jan  3 05:51:48 2008
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 
     @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
     protected ClassLoader initClassLoader() {
-        if (loader == null) {
+        if (loader == null && project!=null) {
             ClassLoader result;
             try {
                 Set<Artifact> compileClasspathElements = project.getArtifacts();
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@
 
     protected void checkInstanceOf(String givenClass, Class<?> expectedClass) {
         try {
-            Class clazz = Class.forName(givenClass, true, loader);
+            Class clazz = Class.forName(givenClass);
+            //Class clazz = Class.forName(givenClass, true, loader);
             if (!expectedClass.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("required a " + expectedClass + " class but found a " + clazz);
             }