Incorrect variable expansion in org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.PropertiesEditor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: JBAS-1888 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-1888 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Deployment services Reporter: Bela Ban Assigned To: Scott Marlow Priority: Minor Fix For: JBossAS-5.0.0.Beta3 When I use the ${jboss.server.data.dir} variable in the example below, it is correctly expanded: <attribute name="bla">${jboss.server.data.dir}</attribute> However, when I use it in a Properties attribute, the expansion removes backslashes on Windows, e.g. in the example below: <attribute name="CacheLoaderConfig"> location = ${jboss.server.data.dir}/myCache </attribute> , I get c:JBoss3.2.7serverdefaultdata/myCache. Scott Stark's reply: The org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.PropertiesEditor which is what should be used for an attribute of type java.util.Properties does replace ${x} property references in values. The problem is that calling setProperty with the replacement value is not using an escaped string and so the win32 backslash is seen as a char escape sequence. Create a jira issue for this.