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Error: [J2EE:160162]No META-INF/application.xml Was Found In The EAR while deploying to the WLS server (Doc ID 2861401.1)

Last updated on MAY 01, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle JDeveloper - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Noticed the below error while deploying the ADF.ear file to the WLS Server.

weblogic.utils.compiler.ToolFailureException: [J2EE:160162]No META-INF/application.xml was found in the EAR at C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system12.2.1.4.42.190911.2248\DefaultDomain\servers\DefaultServer\tmp\.<deployment file name>.ear.
at weblogic.application.compiler.flow.DescriptorParsingFlow.compile(DescriptorParsingFlow.java:65)
at weblogic.application.compiler.FlowDriver$FlowStateChange.next(FlowDriver.java:70)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:45)
at weblogic.application.compiler.FlowDriver.nextState(FlowDriver.java:37)
at weblogic.application.compiler.BaseMerger.merge(BaseMerger.java:20)
at weblogic.application.compiler.flow.AppMergerFlow.mergeInput(AppMergerFlow.java:75)
at weblogic.application.compiler.flow.AppMergerFlow.compile(AppMergerFlow.java:40)
at weblogic.application.compiler.FlowDriver$FlowStateChange.next(FlowDriver.java:70)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:45)
at weblogic.application.compiler.FlowDriver.nextState(FlowDriver.java:37)
at weblogic.application.compiler.AppMerge.runBody(AppMerge.java:168)

Changes

 Upgraded from ADF 12.2.1.3.0 to 12.2.1.4.0 

Cause

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