Cannot find resource for package during Glassfish deployment

While remotely deploying an EAR app to Glassfish 4.1.2 without AppClient, I get the following RuntimeException thrown by org.glassfish.deployment.common.DeploymentException:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't find resource for bundle
java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key
enterprise.deployment.appclient.noManifest

      

        
        
        
      

    

How do I fix Glassfish to display the correct error message so that I can determine which library is causing the deployment error? I believe one of the dependency JARs is missing a manifest file, but GF is unable to generate an appropriate error message because the resource bundle does not exist. Is this a bug in GF?

[2017-07-11T09:57:27.797+1000] [glassfish 4.1] [SEVERE] []
[javax.enterprise.system.core] [tid: _ThreadID=47
_ThreadName=admin-listener(4)] [timeMillis: 1499731047797] [levelValue: 1000] [[   Exception while preparing the app : Can't find
resource for bundle java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key
enterprise.deployment.appclient.noManifest java.lang.RuntimeException:
Can't find resource for bundle java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key
enterprise.deployment.appclient.noManifest  at
org.glassfish.javaee.core.deployment.JavaEEDeployer.prepare(JavaEEDeployer.java:229)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.prepareModule(ApplicationLifecycle.java:925)
    at
org.glassfish.javaee.full.deployment.EarDeployer.prepareBundle(EarDeployer.java:309)
    at
org.glassfish.javaee.full.deployment.EarDeployer.access$200(EarDeployer.java:88)
    at
org.glassfish.javaee.full.deployment.EarDeployer$1.doBundle(EarDeployer.java:155)
    at
org.glassfish.javaee.full.deployment.EarDeployer$1.doBundle(EarDeployer.java:152)
    at
org.glassfish.javaee.full.deployment.EarDeployer.doOnBundles(EarDeployer.java:232)
    at
org.glassfish.javaee.full.deployment.EarDeployer.doOnAllBundles(EarDeployer.java:283)
    at
org.glassfish.javaee.full.deployment.EarDeployer.prepare(EarDeployer.java:152)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.prepareModule(ApplicationLifecycle.java:925)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:434)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:219)
    at
org.glassfish.deployment.admin.DeployCommand.execute(DeployCommand.java:491)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$2$1.run(CommandRunnerImpl.java:539)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$2$1.run(CommandRunnerImpl.java:535)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)   at
javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:360)  at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$2.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:534)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$3.run(CommandRunnerImpl.java:565)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$3.run(CommandRunnerImpl.java:557)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)   at
javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:360)  at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:556)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1464)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.access$1300(CommandRunnerImpl.java:109)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1846)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1722)
    at
org.glassfish.admin.rest.resources.admin.CommandResource.executeCommand(CommandResource.java:404)
    at
org.glassfish.admin.rest.resources.admin.CommandResource.execCommandSimpInMultOut(CommandResource.java:234)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)     at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory$1.invoke(ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory.java:81)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher$1.run(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:144)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.invoke(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:161)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider$ResponseOutInvoker.doDispatch(JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider.java:160)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.dispatch(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:99)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.invoke(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:389)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:347)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:102)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime$2.run(ServerRuntime.java:309)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:271)     at
org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:267)    at
org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:315)   at
org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:297)   at
org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:267)   at
org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.RequestScope.runInScope(RequestScope.java:317)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime.process(ServerRuntime.java:292)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.handle(ApplicationHandler.java:1139)
    at
org.glassfish.jersey.grizzly2.httpserver.GrizzlyHttpContainer.service(GrizzlyHttpContainer.java:375)
    at
org.glassfish.admin.rest.adapter.JerseyContainerCommandService$3.service(JerseyContainerCommandService.java:173)
    at
org.glassfish.admin.rest.adapter.RestAdapter.service(RestAdapter.java:179)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$HttpHandlerCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:459)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:167)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.runService(HttpHandler.java:206)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.doHandle(HttpHandler.java:180)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpServerFilter.handleRead(HttpServerFilter.java:235)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.ExecutorResolver$9.execute(ExecutorResolver.java:119)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeFilter(DefaultFilterChain.java:283)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeChainPart(DefaultFilterChain.java:200)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.execute(DefaultFilterChain.java:132)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.process(DefaultFilterChain.java:111)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.ProcessorExecutor.execute(ProcessorExecutor.java:77)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.nio.transport.TCPNIOTransport.fireIOEvent(TCPNIOTransport.java:536)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.AbstractIOStrategy.fireIOEvent(AbstractIOStrategy.java:112)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.run0(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:117)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.access$100(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:56)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy$WorkerThreadRunnable.run(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:137)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:591)
    at
org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:571)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by:
org.glassfish.deployment.common.DeploymentException: Can't find
resource for bundle java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key
enterprise.deployment.appclient.noManifest  at
java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(ResourceBundle.java:450)     at
java.util.ResourceBundle.getString(ResourceBundle.java:407)     at
org.glassfish.appclient.server.core.AppClientDeployerHelper.generateAppClientFacade(AppClientDeployerHelper.java:533)
    at
org.glassfish.appclient.server.core.AppClientDeployerHelper.prepareJARs(AppClientDeployerHelper.java:489)
    at
org.glassfish.appclient.server.core.NestedAppClientDeployerHelper.prepareJARs(NestedAppClientDeployerHelper.java:153)
    at
org.glassfish.appclient.server.core.AppClientDeployer.generateArtifacts(AppClientDeployer.java:293)
    at
org.glassfish.javaee.core.deployment.JavaEEDeployer.prepare(JavaEEDeployer.java:224)
    ... 71 more ]]

      

        
        
        
      

    

I also found this decoding from the class theAppClientDeployerHelper.java

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ACC007 Application client {0, selection, 0 # file | 1 # directory} {1} does not contain a manifest; the application client container cannot process it. Embedded programs must pass a jar: URI for JAR files and a file: schema for directories. Cause. The file may not be a valid client application JAR or an unallocated EAR. It could be a different kind of file or it could be damaged. Act. Be sure to include a valid application JAR file or EAR file that contains at least one application client.