Interpolation of settings.xml fails if an expression's value contains XML markup
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Key: MNG-4625
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4625
Project: Maven 2 & 3
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Settings
Affects Versions: 3.0-alpha-7
Reporter: Benjamin Bentmann
Using a {{settings.xml}} like
{code:xml}
<settings>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>test</id>
<properties>
<jdbc.url>${test.prop}</jdbc.url>
</properties>
</profile>
</profiles>
</settings>
{code}
the invocation
{noformat}
mvn validate -D "test.prop=&x=y"
{noformat}
fails with
{noformat}
[ERROR] Error executing Maven.
[ERROR] 1 problem was encountered while building the effective settings
[ERROR] Failed to interpolate settings: entity reference name can not contain
character =' (position: START_TAG seen ...<jdbc.url>&x=... @7:22) @
{noformat}
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