Yangtools fails to decode leafref in choice statement

When processing a read from an instance of the following model:

typedef bridge-domain-ref {
type leafref

{ path "/vpp/bridge-domains/bridge-domain/name"; }

}

container l2 {

choice interconnection {
case xconnect-based {
leaf xconnect-outgoing-interface

{ type if:interface-ref; }

}
case bridge-based {
leaf bridge-domain

{ type bridge-domain-ref; }

leaf split-horizon-group

{ type uint8; }

leaf bridged-virtual-interface

{ type boolean; }

}
}
Yangtools fails to decode properly the bridge-domain name leaf node giving the following error:

2015-07-23 20:39:51,383 | ERROR | pool-51-thread-1 | XmlStreamUtils | 71 - org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang-data-impl - 0.6.3.Helium-SR1 | Failed to find codec for type (urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:1)leafref [xpath=/vpp/bridge-domains/bridge-domain/name], falling back to using stream

Data processing still succeeds because the data is actually a string, however it may fail in other cases.