better messages
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public final class ExternalRefProcessor {
final Model model = cache.loadRef($ref, refFormat, Model.class);
if(model == null) {
- // stop! There's a problem
+ // stop! There's a problem. retain the original ref
LOGGER.warn("unable to load model reference from `" + $ref + "`. It may not be available " +
"or the reference isn't a valid model schema");
return $ref;
