EAR plugin ignores ear block content when built through eclipse

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Hi,

I’m adding custom attributes to MANIFEST.MF file and deplomentDescriptor in ear. whichworks as expected when we build via gradle cli, but when I deploy to a server in eclipse it dosen’t generate or deploy the MANIFEST.MF and application.xml files.

Gradle Version:6.5.1

ear module DIR structure

sampleEAR
       --META-INF
           -MANIFEST.MF
           -application.xml
       --build.gradle
       --settings.gradle

sampleEAR build.gradle file

step-1: referring to META-INF dir

plugins {
    id 'ear'
    id 'eclipse-wtp'
}
description = "Sample Application"

dependencies{
	deploy fileTree(dir: "../SampleEAR", include: 'core*.jar')
	deploy project(path: ':SampleWeb', configuration: 'archives')
	deploy project(':SampleService')
	earlib project(':SampleModel')
}

ear {
	metaInf {
		from 'META-INF'
		exclude 'MANIFEST.MF'
	}
    manifest {
    	attributes('Created-By': "Gradle $gradle.gradleVersion",
    		 'version': archiveVersion,
		  'Built-By': System.getProperty('user.name'),
		 )
	}
}

step-2: generate application.xml via gradle

ear {
	deploymentDescriptor {
		applicationName = 'Sample'
		description = "Generated by Gradle $gradle.gradleVersion"
	 	displayName = project.name
	 	webModule("SampleWeb.war", 'Sample')
	}
    manifest {
    	attributes('Created-By': "Gradle $gradle.gradleVersion",
    		'version': archiveVersion,
		    'Built-By': System.getProperty('user.name'),
		)
	}
}

step-3:

ear {
	from("META-INF"){
		into("META-INF")
	}
	generateDeploymentDescriptor = false
    manifest {
    	attributes('Created-By': "Gradle $gradle.gradleVersion",
    		'version': archiveVersion,
		    'Built-By': System.getProperty('user.name'),
		)
	}
}

I have tried above 3 steps and it works fine via cli, but not with eclipse IDE.

When deployed to a server in eclipse, it would not create a META-INF content. I need the META-INF content from the src to be deployed via eclipse into ear and deploy if customized via manifest attirbutes or deplomentDescriptor.

Thanks,
Karthik