The Java EE 5 specification makes xml deployment descriptor files optional. This leads to the EAR 5 project, which is created without application.xml by default.
You can create it for your EAR project by clicking once in the parent folder of the project in the Project Explorer panel, and then right-clicking> Java EE Tools> Create Deployment Descriptor Descriptor.
This should populate your ear contents folder with the META-INF / application.xml file.
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