String loc = ((J2eeApplication) bean).getLocation();
PropertyResolver pr = new PropertyResolver(_ctx, _dasName);
String rLocation = pr.resolve(loc);
// opening the application.xml descriptor
FileArchive in = new FileArchive();
in.open(rLocation);
ApplicationDeploymentDescriptorFile rootDD = new ApplicationDeploymentDescriptorFile();
Application application = (Application) rootDD.read(null, in);
// all web modules in the J2EE application