According to the spec, the application.xml is optional.  when i exclude it from 
my ear file i get the following exception.

org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: No META-INF/application.xml found
        at org.jboss.deployment.EARDeployer.init(EARDeployer.java:133)
        at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:861)
        at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:798)
        at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:771)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:260)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
        at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:190)
        at $Proxy6.deploy(Unknown Source)
        at 
org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:334)
        at 
org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:522)
        at 
org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:207)
        at 
org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:280)
        at 
org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289)
        at 
org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:260)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
        at 
org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
        at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
        at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:260)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
        at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:190)
        at $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source)
        at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:302)
        at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1007)
        at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:808)
        at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:771)
        at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:755)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
        at 
org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:260)
        at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
        at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:190)
        at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
        at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:482)
        at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:362)
        at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:200)
        at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:464)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)


This is taken from section 8.3.1 of the spec.

"4.(Optional) Create an XML deployment descriptor for the application.
The deployment descriptor must be named application.xml and must reside in the 
top level of the META-INF directory of the application .ear file. The 
deployment descriptor must be a valid XML document according to the XML schema 
for a Java EE:application XML document. (Alternatively, the deployment 
descriptor may meet the requirements of previous versions of Java EE.)
Many applications that follow the conventions described below will not need a 
deployment descriptor for the application. The deployment tool will determine
the components of the application using some simple rules."

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