The javaee5 spec (EE8.4.2 Deploying a Java EE application) has a set of rules to deploy an application .ear file which does not have a deployment descriptor. (descriptorMETA-INF/application.xml)

Currently we get a RunTimeException when the application.xml is not found.
org.jboss.deployment.spi.DeploymentManagerImpl@16b8f8eb
java.lang.RuntimeException: cannot obtain module type
07-21-2006 13:12:57: Harness - Deployment of app(s) from: /home/rrajasekaran/tck5/javaeetck/dist/com/sun/ts/tests/samples/javamail/ee/transport failed!
at org.jboss.deployment.spi.DeploymentManagerImpl.createDeployment(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:481)
at org.jboss.deployment.spi.DeploymentManagerImpl.distribute(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:348)

The moduleType in org.jboss.deployment.spi.DeploymentManageImpl.createDeployment() is not set when the application.xml is not set.

All CTS tests deploy .ear files with no application.xml

I ve made this issue a blocker because unless this is fixed we would be unable to run the cts tests.