fetchCompleteItem seems not to, help, solved

the ContributorDetails object extends IExtensibleItem

public abstract interface com.ibm.team.repository.common.IContributorDetails extends com.ibm.team.repository.common.IExtensibleItem, com.ibm.team.repository.common.IAuditable, com.ibm.team.repository.common.IContributorDetailsHandle {
 
and the 4.0.1 javadoc for IExtensibleItem says

Design notes: Fetching a complete (extensible) item will fetch all it's state extensions.

and
Here are some important design considerations to think about when deciding whether to allow state extensions on an item type:

• When a complete item is retrieved, the keys and values of all its extensions are automatically included, even if the party doing the retrieving is uninterested/unaware of these extensions

but.. I don't see that to be true.

on the server side I see

            IContributorDetails details= (IContributorDetails) fItemService.fetchItem(detailsHandle, CONTRIBUTOR_DETAILS_FULLPROFILE);
            String configVal= details.getLargeStringExtension(CONFIG_KEY);

and configVal is non-null;

on the client side

IContributorDetailsHandle detailsHandle= contributor.getDetails();
IContributorDetails details= (IContributorDetails) repo.itemManager.fetchCompleteItem(detailsHandle, iim.DEFAULT, null);        
String configVal= details.getLargeStringExtension(CONFIG_KEY);

returns null, and the only key in details.getExtensionKeys() is

'com.ibm.team.dashboard.default'

so, what did I miss??

we need this utility for this weekend..  help