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Subject: How do I get the value of a property using a variable property name?
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Is it possible to get the value of a property using a property value as 
the name?

The example is a bit contrived, and could be accomplished using the actual 
property names, but it does help to illustrate the question.

<property name='a.root' value='aroot_value'/>
<property name='b.root' value='broot_value'/>
<property name='pfx' value='a'/>  <!-- actually computed or from a 
property file -->
<property name='key' value='root'/>
<property name='target' value='${pfx}.${key}'/>

<!-- 
 so now the value of target is a.root, and I want the
 value of a.root assigned to the property named 'val'.
  -->
<property name=val' valueOf='${target}'/>

Michael Giroux

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