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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:23:05 -0700
From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <craigmcc@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: [5.0] System properties in server.xml (and elsewhere)
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Remy Maucherat wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think it would be possible, using a new rule, to allow system 
> properties inside server.xml (and possibly elsewhere) for attribute 
> values. This is the same as what is being done by Ant in its build 
> scripts. This would add an additional degree of configurability to 
> Tomcat. 


Makes sense to me.

>
> Actually, I wonder why this feature is not available in the digester 
> itself (I really got used to that feature over the years by using Ant).


Because nobody ever asked, or contributed a patch to make it so :-).

>
> Comments ?
>
> Remy

Craig


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