diff --git a/scrplugin/annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/processing/SCRAnnotationProcessor.java b/scrplugin/annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/processing/SCRAnnotationProcessor.java
index 584a4a2..7d8346b 100644
--- a/scrplugin/annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/processing/SCRAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/scrplugin/annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/processing/SCRAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -294,8 +294,15 @@
 
             ref.setName(ad.getStringValue("name",
                             (fieldAnnotation != null ? fieldAnnotation.getAnnotatedField().getName() : null)));
-            ref.setInterfaceName(ad.getStringValue("referenceInterface", (fieldAnnotation != null ? fieldAnnotation
-                            .getAnnotatedField().getType().getName() : null)));
+            String defaultInterfaceName = null;
+            if ( fieldAnnotation != null ) {
+                if ( fieldAnnotation.getAnnotatedField().getType().isArray() ) {
+                    defaultInterfaceName = fieldAnnotation.getAnnotatedField().getType().getComponentType().getName();
+                } else {
+                    defaultInterfaceName = fieldAnnotation.getAnnotatedField().getType().getName();
+                }
+            }
+            ref.setInterfaceName(ad.getStringValue("referenceInterface", defaultInterfaceName));
             ref.setTarget(ad.getStringValue("target", null));
             ref.setCardinality(ReferenceCardinality.valueOf(ad.getEnumValue("cardinality",
                             ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY.name())));
diff --git a/scrplugin/generator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/annotations/ScannedAnnotation.java b/scrplugin/generator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/annotations/ScannedAnnotation.java
index 1a0c495..20acde1 100644
--- a/scrplugin/generator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/annotations/ScannedAnnotation.java
+++ b/scrplugin/generator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/annotations/ScannedAnnotation.java
@@ -134,7 +134,13 @@
     public String getEnumValue(final String name, final String defaultValue) {
         final Object val = this.getValue(name);
         if ( val != null ) {
-            return ((String[])val)[1];
+            if ( val instanceof String[] ) {
+                return ((String[])val)[1];
+            }
+            if ( val instanceof String[][] ) {
+                return ((String[][])val)[0][1];
+            }
+            return val.toString();
         }
         return defaultValue;
     }
diff --git a/scrplugin/generator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/xml/ComponentDescriptorIO.java b/scrplugin/generator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/xml/ComponentDescriptorIO.java
index 882dfe8..4bf1daf 100644
--- a/scrplugin/generator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/xml/ComponentDescriptorIO.java
+++ b/scrplugin/generator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/xml/ComponentDescriptorIO.java
@@ -492,11 +492,13 @@
                     // now we can create the class description and attach the component description
                     // Set the implementation class name (mandatory)
                     final String className = attributes.getValue("class");
+                    Class<?> cl = null;
                     try {
-                        this.currentClass = new ClassDescription(this.classLoader.loadClass(className), "classpath:" + className);
-                    } catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
-                        iLog.addError("Unable to load class " + className + " from dependencies.", this.location);
+                        cl = this.classLoader.loadClass(className);
+                    } catch (final Throwable e) {
+                        iLog.addWarning("Unable to load class " + className + " from dependencies.", this.location);
                     }
+                    this.currentClass = new ClassDescription(cl, "classpath:" + className);
                     this.currentClass.add(this.currentComponent);
 
                 } else if (localName.equals(PROPERTY)) {