public function registerMessageQueues(ApplicationInterface $application)
    {

        // initialize the array for the creating the subdirectories
        $this->directories = new GenericStackable();
        $this->directories[] = $application->getNamingDirectory();

        // check META-INF + subdirectories for XML files with MQ definitions
        /** @var \AppserverIo\Appserver\Core\Api\DeploymentService $service */
        $service = $application->newService('AppserverIo\Appserver\Core\Api\DeploymentService');
        $xmlFiles = $service->globDir(AppEnvironmentHelper::getEnvironmentAwareGlobPattern($this->getWebappPath(), 'META-INF' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'message-queues'));

        // load the configuration service instance
        /** @var \AppserverIo\Appserver\Core\Api\ConfigurationService $configurationService */
        $configurationService = $application->newService('AppserverIo\Appserver\Core\Api\ConfigurationService');

        // load the container node to initialize the system properties
        /** @var \AppserverIo\Psr\ApplicationServer\Configuration\ContainerConfigurationInterface $containerNode */
        $containerNode = $application->getContainer()->getContainerNode();

        // gather all the deployed web applications
        foreach ($xmlFiles as $file) {
            try {
                // validate the file here, but skip if the validation fails
                $configurationService->validateFile($file, null, true);

                // load the system properties
                $properties = $service->getSystemProperties($containerNode);

                // append the application specific properties
                $properties->add(SystemPropertyKeys::WEBAPP, $webappPath = $application->getWebappPath());
                $properties->add(SystemPropertyKeys::WEBAPP_NAME, basename($webappPath));
                $properties->add(SystemPropertyKeys::WEBAPP_DATA, $application->getDataDir());
                $properties->add(SystemPropertyKeys::WEBAPP_CACHE, $application->getCacheDir());
                $properties->add(SystemPropertyKeys::WEBAPP_SESSION, $application->getSessionDir());

                // create a new message queue node instance and replace the properties
                $messageQueuesNode = new MessageQueuesNode();
                $messageQueuesNode->initFromFile($file);
                $messageQueuesNode->replaceProperties($properties);

                // register the entity managers found in the configuration
                foreach ($messageQueuesNode->getMessageQueues() as $messageQueueNode) {
                    $this->registeMessageQueue($messageQueueNode);
                }

            } catch (InvalidConfigurationException $e) {
                // try to load the system logger instance
                /** @var \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $systemLogger */
                if ($systemLogger = $this->getApplication()->getInitialContext()->getSystemLogger()) {
                    $systemLogger->error($e->getMessage());
                    $systemLogger->critical(sprintf('Persistence configuration file %s is invalid, needed queues might be missing.', $file));
                }

            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                // try to load the system logger instance
                /** @var \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $systemLogger */
                if ($systemLogger = $this->getApplication()->getInitialContext()->getSystemLogger()) {
                    $systemLogger->error($e->__toString());
                }
            }
        }
    }