Just a heads up for everyone out there. I needed to make the following changes to guvnor's POM in order to get the webapp to work properly on Tomcat. I would imagine some of these issues would appear on JBoss also but have not tried.

1. Changed seam from 2.1.0.BETA1 to 2.1.0-SNAPSHOT to prevent classloader problem

POM Changes
     <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jboss.seam</groupId>
        <artifactId>jboss-seam-remoting</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jboss.seam</groupId>
        <artifactId>jboss-seam</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </dependency>

EXCEPTION without change

SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot load WEB-INF/classes/net/sf/webdav/exceptions/AccessDeniedException.class from WebappClassLoader
  delegate: false
  repositories:
    /WEB-INF/classes/
----------> Parent Classloader:
org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader@c4fe76
 (using getResourceAsStream() returned null)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.AbstractDeploymentHandler.getClassFile(AbstractDeploymentHandler.java:41)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.ComponentDeploymentHandler.handle(ComponentDeploymentHandler.java:57)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.DeploymentStrategy.handle(DeploymentStrategy.java:177)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.AbstractScanner.handleItem(AbstractScanner.java:30)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.URLScanner.handleDirectory(URLScanner.java:141)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.URLScanner.handleDirectory(URLScanner.java:137)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.URLScanner.handleDirectory(URLScanner.java:137)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.URLScanner.handleDirectory(URLScanner.java:137)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.URLScanner.handleDirectory(URLScanner.java:137)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.URLScanner.handleDirectory(URLScanner.java:137)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.URLScanner.handleDirectory(URLScanner.java:137)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.URLScanner.scanDirectories(URLScanner.java:40)
        at org.jboss.seam.deployment.StandardDeploymentStrategy.scan(StandardDeploymentStrategy.java:107)
        at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.create(Initialization.java:113)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener.contextInitialized(SeamListener.java:34)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3843)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4350)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:829)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:718)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1147)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)

2. Added javax.persistence to prevent ClassNotFoundException

POM Changes

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
            <artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.0</version>
        </dependency>

EXCEPTION without change

SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not create Component: org.jboss.seam.core.init
        at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.addComponent(Initialization.java:1068)
        at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.init(Initialization.java:614)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener.contextInitialized(SeamListener.java:34)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3843)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4350)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:829)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:718)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1147)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/persistence/Entity
        at org.jboss.seam.Seam.getComponentType(Seam.java:109)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.<init>(Component.java:210)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.<init>(Component.java:199)
        at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.addComponent(Initialization.java:1052)
        ... 26 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.persistence.Entity
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1360)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1206)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
        ... 30 more

3. Added hibernate-validator to prevent ClassNotFoundException

POM Changes

         <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0.GA</version>
        </dependency>

EXCEPTION without change

SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not create Component: org.jboss.seam.international.statusMessages
        at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.addComponent(Initialization.java:1068)
        at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.installComponents(Initialization.java:984)
        at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.init(Initialization.java:646)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener.contextInitialized(SeamListener.java:34)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3843)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4350)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:829)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:718)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1147)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: [Lorg/hibernate/validator/InvalidValue;
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2427)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetPublicMethods(Class.java:2547)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetPublicMethods(Class.java:2563)
        at java.lang.Class.getMethods(Class.java:1410)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.hasAnnotation(Component.java:1078)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.<init>(Component.java:212)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.<init>(Component.java:199)
        at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.addComponent(Initialization.java:1052)
        ... 27 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1360)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1206)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
        ... 36 more

4. Seam's version of the Java Expression Language was clashing with Tomcat's

POM Changes

- exclude from seam
<dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.seam</groupId>
            <artifactId>jboss-seam</artifactId>
            <version>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
                    <artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
- comment out from POM
<!--<dependency>-->
            <!--<groupId>javax.el</groupId>-->
            <!--<artifactId>el-api</artifactId>-->
            <!--<version>1.2</version>-->
            <!--<scope>runtime</scope>-->
        <!--</dependency>-->


Exception without change

java.lang.LinkageError: loader constraint violation: when resolving interface method "javax.servlet.jsp.JspApplicationContext.getExpressionFactory()Lj
avax/el/ExpressionFactory;" the class loader (instance of org/apache/jasper/servlet/JasperLoader) of the current class, org/apache/jsp/index_jsp, and
the class loader (instance of org/apache/catalina/loader/StandardClassLoader) for resolved class, javax/servlet/jsp/JspApplicationContext, have differ
ent Class objects for the type javax/el/ExpressionFactory used in the signature
        at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspInit(index_jsp.java:22)
        at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.init(HttpJspBase.java:52)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.getServlet(JspServletWrapper.java:159)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:329)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:337)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.ContextFilter$1.process(ContextFilter.java:42)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.ContextualHttpServletRequest.run(ContextualHttpServletRequest.java:53)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:37)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

let me know if we should use different versions then the ones I have listed.

thanks

dave sinclair