Problem with Missing deployment descriptor [J2EE:160043]

Question

Hi,
I am having a problem deploying an *.ear into weblogic 8.1. I get the error
J2EE:160043]Missing deployment descriptor "META-INF/application.xml" at "C:\bea\weblogic81\samples\domains\examples\applications\ejb20_dataLoadMgr.ear"
even though the application.xml file is in the *.ear file. This *.ear file is
built using the following
ant script:
Note: I am integrating a Message Driven EJB with Documentum Content Server
DFC API calls (3rd party jars)
Thanks, Craig
<project name="ejb20-message" default="all" basedir=".">
     <!-- set global properties for this build -->
     <property environment="env"/>
     <property file="../../../examples.properties"/>
     <property name="build.compiler" value="${compiler}"/>
     <property name="source" value="."/>
     <property name="build" value="${source}/build"/>
     <property name="dist" value="${source}/dist"/>
     <property name="dummy" value="${source}/dummy"/>
     <!--
<target name="all" depends="clean, init, compile_ejb, jar.ejb, appc, ear_app,
-->
     <target name="all" depends="clean, init, compile_ejb, jar.ejb, appc, ear_app3"/>
     <!-- compile_client"/> -->
     <target name="init">
          <!-- Create the time stamp -->
          <tstamp/>
          <!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile
and copy the deployment descriptors into it-->
          <mkdir dir="${build}"/>
          <mkdir dir="${build}/META-INF"/>
          <mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
          <copy todir="${build}/META-INF">
               <fileset dir="${source}">
                    <include name="*.xml"/>
                    <exclude name="build.xml"/>
                    <exclude name="application.xml"/>
               </fileset>
          </copy>
          <!-- Changed to move application.xml into ${dist}/meta-inf C. Ahtye
<copy todir="${dist}">
<fileset dir="${source}">
<include name="application.xml"/>
</fileset>
</copy>
-->
          <copy todir="${dist}/META-INF">
               <fileset dir="${source}">
                    <include name="application.xml"/>
               </fileset>
          </copy>
          <!--<copy todir="${dist}">
<fileset dir="${source}">
<include name="dfc.properties"/>
</fileset>
</copy>-->
     </target>
     <!-- Compile ejb classes into the build directory (jar preparation) -->
     <target name="compile_ejb">
          <javac srcdir="${source}" destdir="${build}" includes="DataLoadMgrBean.java"
excludes="DSSCommand.java,GetDSSCommand.java,ImportXMLHelper.java" classpath="dfc.jar"/>
     </target>
     <!-- Update ejb jar file or create it if it doesn't exist, including XML
deployment descriptors -->
     <target name="jar.ejb" depends="compile_ejb">
          <jar jarfile="${dist}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.jar" basedir="${build}" update="yes">
</jar>
     </target>
     <target name="appc" depends="jar.ejb">
          <wlappc debug="${debug}" source="${dist}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.jar" classpath="dfc.jar"
verbose="true"/>
     </target>
     <!-- Put the ejb into an ear, to be deployed from the ${apps.dir} dir -->
     <target name="ear_app" depends="jar.ejb">
          <ear earfile="${apps.dir}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.ear" appxml="${source}/application.xml">
               <!--<fileset dir="${dist}/APP-INF/lib" includes="dfc.jar"/>
<fileset dir="${dist}/APP-INF/lib" includes="dfcbase.jar"/>-->
               <fileset dir="${dist}" includes="ejb20_dataLoadMgr.jar"/>
          </ear>
     </target>
     <!-- Need to place dfc.jar, dfcbase.jar, log4j.jar into {source} and then deploy
to {dist} -->
     <target name="ear_app3" depends="jar.ejb">
          <jar destfile="${apps.dir}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.ear" basedir="${dist}"/>
     </target>
     <target name="ear_app2" depends="jar.ejb">
          <wlpackage toFile="${apps.dir}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.ear" srcdir="${dist}" destdir="${dummy}"/>
     </target>
     <!-- Compile client app into the clientclasses directory -->
     <target name="compile_client">
          <javac srcdir="${source}" destdir="${client.classes.dir}" includes="Client.java"/>
     </target>
     <target name="clean">
          <delete dir="${build}"/>
     </target>
     <!-- Run the example -->
     <target name="run">
          <java classname="examples.ejb20.dataLoadMgr.Client" fork="yes" failonerror="true">
               <arg value="t3://localhost:${port}"/>
               <classpath>
                    <pathelement path="${ex.classpath}"/>
               </classpath>
          </java>
     </target>
</project>

Answer 1

Can you show me the output of jar tvf
C:\bea\weblogic81\samples\domains\examples\applications\ejb20_dataLoadMgr.ear
-- Rob
Craig Ahtye wrote:
Hi,
I am having a problem deploying an *.ear into weblogic 8.1. I get the error
J2EE:160043]Missing deployment descriptor "META-INF/application.xml" at "C:\bea\weblogic81\samples\domains\examples\applications\ejb20_dataLoadMgr.ear"
even though the application.xml file is in the *.ear file. This *.ear file is
built using the following
ant script:
Note: I am integrating a Message Driven EJB with Documentum Content Server
DFC API calls (3rd party jars)
Thanks, Craig
<project name="ejb20-message" default="all" basedir=".">
     <!-- set global properties for this build -->
     <property environment="env"/>
     <property file="../../../examples.properties"/>
     <property name="build.compiler" value="${compiler}"/>
     <property name="source" value="."/>
     <property name="build" value="${source}/build"/>
     <property name="dist" value="${source}/dist"/>
     <property name="dummy" value="${source}/dummy"/>
     <!--
<target name="all" depends="clean, init, compile_ejb, jar.ejb, appc, ear_app,
-->
     <target name="all" depends="clean, init, compile_ejb, jar.ejb, appc, ear_app3"/>
     <!-- compile_client"/> -->
     <target name="init">
          <!-- Create the time stamp -->
          <tstamp/>
          <!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile
and copy the deployment descriptors into it-->
          <mkdir dir="${build}"/>
          <mkdir dir="${build}/META-INF"/>
          <mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
          <copy todir="${build}/META-INF">
               <fileset dir="${source}">
                    <include name="*.xml"/>
                    <exclude name="build.xml"/>
                    <exclude name="application.xml"/>
               </fileset>
          </copy>
          <!-- Changed to move application.xml into ${dist}/meta-inf C. Ahtye
<copy todir="${dist}">
<fileset dir="${source}">
<include name="application.xml"/>
</fileset>
</copy>
-->
          <copy todir="${dist}/META-INF">
               <fileset dir="${source}">
                    <include name="application.xml"/>
               </fileset>
          </copy>
          <!--<copy todir="${dist}">
<fileset dir="${source}">
<include name="dfc.properties"/>
</fileset>
</copy>-->
     </target>
     <!-- Compile ejb classes into the build directory (jar preparation) -->
     <target name="compile_ejb">
          <javac srcdir="${source}" destdir="${build}" includes="DataLoadMgrBean.java"
excludes="DSSCommand.java,GetDSSCommand.java,ImportXMLHelper.java" classpath="dfc.jar"/>
     </target>
     <!-- Update ejb jar file or create it if it doesn't exist, including XML
deployment descriptors -->
     <target name="jar.ejb" depends="compile_ejb">
          <jar jarfile="${dist}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.jar" basedir="${build}" update="yes">
</jar>
     </target>
     <target name="appc" depends="jar.ejb">
          <wlappc debug="${debug}" source="${dist}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.jar" classpath="dfc.jar"
verbose="true"/>
     </target>
     <!-- Put the ejb into an ear, to be deployed from the ${apps.dir} dir -->
     <target name="ear_app" depends="jar.ejb">
          <ear earfile="${apps.dir}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.ear" appxml="${source}/application.xml">
               <!--<fileset dir="${dist}/APP-INF/lib" includes="dfc.jar"/>
<fileset dir="${dist}/APP-INF/lib" includes="dfcbase.jar"/>-->
               <fileset dir="${dist}" includes="ejb20_dataLoadMgr.jar"/>
          </ear>
     </target>
     <!-- Need to place dfc.jar, dfcbase.jar, log4j.jar into {source} and then deploy
to {dist} -->
     <target name="ear_app3" depends="jar.ejb">
          <jar destfile="${apps.dir}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.ear" basedir="${dist}"/>
     </target>
     <target name="ear_app2" depends="jar.ejb">
          <wlpackage toFile="${apps.dir}/ejb20_dataLoadMgr.ear" srcdir="${dist}" destdir="${dummy}"/>
     </target>
     <!-- Compile client app into the clientclasses directory -->
     <target name="compile_client">
          <javac srcdir="${source}" destdir="${client.classes.dir}" includes="Client.java"/>
     </target>
     <target name="clean">
          <delete dir="${build}"/>
     </target>
     <!-- Run the example -->
     <target name="run">
          <java classname="examples.ejb20.dataLoadMgr.Client" fork="yes" failonerror="true">
               <arg value="t3://localhost:${port}"/>
               <classpath>
                    <pathelement path="${ex.classpath}"/>
               </classpath>
          </java>
     </target>
</project>