code: public void setDescription( String applicationName, String newDesc )
  	throws ApplicationWsException {
  
  		this.logger.finer( "Updating the description of application " + applicationName + "." );
  
  		WebResource path = this.resource.path( UrlConstants.APP ).path( applicationName ).path( "description" );
  		ClientResponse response = this.wsClient.createBuilder( path )
  					.accept( MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN )
  					.post( ClientResponse.class, newDesc );
  
  		handleResponse( response );
  		this.logger.finer( String.valueOf( response.getStatusInfo()));
  	}
docs: Changes the description of an application.
  @param applicationName the application name
  @param newDesc the new description to set
  @throws ApplicationWsException if something went wrong