5 Replies Latest reply on Jun 2, 2010 2:20 AM by sehlerding

META-INF/application.xml is not deployed to exploded ear

sehlerding May 20, 2010 8:38 AM

Hey,

I have got a problem with the deployment via JBoss AS Tools. In my workspace is a Enterprise Application Project and a referenced Dynamic Web Project. So I use JBoss AS Tools to add the Enterprise Project and the dependent Web Project to the JBoss Server. When I start the server I get the following error:

org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: No META-INF/application.xml found

After looking at the deployment directory I recognized that the exploded ear contains the Web Project but no folder META-INF with the application.xml inside.

So I added the folder with the application.xml manually to the exloded Enterprise Project EAR and started the server again. This time everything works fine. The server starts without errors and it is possible to run the deployed application.

Can anyone help me with this issue? Why is the application.xml excluded from deployment?

Greets,

Sebastian Ehlerding

1. Re: META-INF/application.xml is not deployed to exploded ear

maxandersen May 20, 2010 8:45 AM (in response to sehlerding)

is there an application.xml in the ear projects earcontent folder ?

Does a full publish not include it ?
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2. Re: META-INF/application.xml is not deployed to exploded ear

sehlerding May 20, 2010 8:55 AM (in response to maxandersen)
Yes, there is one and it is not included. There is one special thing. I migrated the projects from MyEclipe to Eclipse Enterprise Edition. So I edited some metadata. One change is the structure in the Enterprise Application Project, but the application.xml is there. I thought it could be reasoned by the migration but it is not deployed even if I create a new Enterprise Application Project.

In the screenshot you can see the structure of my Enterprise Application Project.

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3. Re: META-INF/application.xml is not deployed to exploded ear

rob.stryker May 20, 2010 9:37 AM (in response to sehlerding)

While I do see a "META-INF" folder with an application.xml file in it, I do not see a "WebContent" folder housing this META-INF folder. So I really don't think this project is a well-formed EAR project.

I would need to see a copy of your {project}/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component file to verify this though. But from the looks of it, I doubt sincerely there is a mapping of any sort for this project to actually include the META-INF folder in the final ear project.
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4. Re: META-INF/application.xml is not deployed to exploded ear

maxandersen May 20, 2010 9:51 AM (in response to rob.stryker)

Rob, I assume you mean "earcontent" folder.

And yes, it seems you don't have a wellformed WTP compatible project ?

If you create an EAR project from scratch does it work or not?
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5. Re: META-INF/application.xml is not deployed to exploded ear

sehlerding Jun 2, 2010 2:20 AM (in response to maxandersen)

You were right..after adding the folder "earcontent" it works fine. Thanks for your help.
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