Upgrading Deployment Descriptors From Previous Releases of J2EE and WebLogic Server

XML Deployment Descriptors
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/web.1111/e13706/overview.htm#i1074199

java weblogic.DDConverter -verbose -d /tmp/ddconv/  testWeb/WebContent/
[DDConverter] inputFile /home/dave/workspace/wls1033/testWeb/WebContent
[DDConverter] outputDir /tmp/ddconv
[DDConverter] Using exploded dir /home/dave/workspace/wls1033/testWeb/WebContent
[DDConverter] Trying factory weblogic.application.ddconvert.EJBConverterFactory
[DDConverter] Called Factory weblogic.application.ddconvert.EJBConverterFactory recognized application: false
[DDConverter] Trying factory weblogic.application.ddconvert.WarConverterFactory
[DDConverter] Called Factory weblogic.application.ddconvert.WarConverterFactory recognized application: true
[DDConverter] START Converting WAR WebContent
[DDConverter] Converting WEB-INF/web.xml
[DDConverter] Converting WEB-INF/weblogic.xml
[DDConverter] END Converting WAR WebContent