For my exploded EAR application deployed at D:/JBoss-4.2.2/jboss-4.2.2.GA/server/jaikiran/deploy/EJB3Persistence.ear/ in JBoss-4.2.x, the getWatchURL method on MainDeployer MBean used to return file:/D:/JBoss-4.2.2/jboss-4.2.2.GA/server/jaikiran/deploy/EJB3Persistence.ear/META-INF/application.xml and i do see code in 4.2.x which used to add the application.xml as the watch url. However in 5.0 Beta-4, for my exploded EAR deployed at D:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta4/server/jaikiran/deploy/ZEJB3Persistence.ear/ the getWatchURL on MainDeployer just returns D:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta4/server/jaikiran/deploy/ZEJB3Persistence.ear/ Was it intentional to stop adding the application.xml as the watch url for an exploded EAR? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4153269#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...