What do you mean it doesn't use "Tomcat API". It does get deploy via HTTPS to a remote tomcat.
Do you expect all deployments to be done "manually" by dropping the file to the webapps folder? I was willing to use tomee-maven-plugin for CI purposes and local deployment at least... but if deploying via the api doesn't get the full set of feature from TomEE I don't understand what it even exists? -- Sent from: http://tomee-openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/TomEE-Users-f979441.html