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I got a hello world Maven WebObjects app which build successfully
(in command line) but the war file is not deployed properly on tomcat.

How did you create the project?

using command line:

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeArtifactId=woapplication-archetype \
		-DarchetypeGroupId=org.objectstyle.woproject.maven2 \
		-DarchetypeVersion=2.0.16 \
		-DarchetypeRepository=http://webobjects.mdimension.com/maven2/releases

What's your pom file look like?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<artifactId>testMaven</artifactId>

<packaging>woapplication</packaging>

<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

<name>testMaven WebObjects App</name>

<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

</properties>

<build>

<finalName>testMaven</finalName>

<groupId>org.objectstyle.woproject.maven2</groupId>

<artifactId>maven-wolifecycle-plugin</artifactId>

<version>2.0.16-SNAPSHOT</version>

</configuration>

</plugin>

<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>

</configuration>

</plugin>

<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>

<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>

<containerId>tomcat5x</containerId>

<home>/usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0.16</home>

</container>

<type>existing</type>

<home>/usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0.16</home>

<!--

<cargo.servlet.port>8081</cargo.servlet.port>

</properties>

-->

</configuration>

<type>installed</type>

<artifactId>testMaven</artifactId>

-->

</deployable>

</deployables>

</deployer>

</configuration>

</plugin>

</plugins>

</build>

<groupId>com.webobjects</groupId>

<artifactId>JavaFoundation</artifactId>

<version>${woversion}</version>

</dependency>

<groupId>com.webobjects</groupId>

<artifactId>JavaWebObjects</artifactId>

<version>${woversion}</version>

</dependency>

<groupId>com.webobjects</groupId>

<artifactId>JavaEOAccess</artifactId>

<version>${woversion}</version>

</dependency>

<groupId>com.webobjects</groupId>

<artifactId>JavaWOJSPServlet</artifactId>

<version>${woversion}</version>

</dependency>

<groupId>wonder.common</groupId>

<artifactId>ERExtensions</artifactId>

</dependency>

</dependencies>

</project>

When look at the expanded war, it looks like it is not package
correctly with right structure:

What structure does it have?
Is the Properties file in there but just in the wrong place?

The Properties file could be in the wrong directory but it is definitely there

The Properties file is under WEB-INF/classes/, please see screenshot below:

The catalina log gives following error.

"Main bundle 'Properties' file can't be read. Did you run as a Java
Application instead of a WOApplication in WOLips?"

So I tired changing <packaging>war</packaging> to
<packaging>woapplication<packaging>, then I got following structure
which seems to have more contents in it.

Henrique or Daryl will probably be more familiar with building wars -
but building as woapplication won't give you a war.

Did you refer to this page?
http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOL/Packaging+WO+Applications+as+true+WAR+with+Maven