[MNG-4625] Interpolation of settings.xml fails if an expression's value contains XML markup

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0-alpha-7
• Fix Version/s: 3.0-beta-1
• Component/s: Settings
• Assignee: Benjamin Bentmann
• Reporter: Benjamin Bentmann
• Created: 07/Apr/10 07:13
• Updated: 07/Apr/10 08:45
• Resolved: 07/Apr/10 08:45

Description

Using a settings.xml like

<settings>
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>test</id>
      <properties>
        <jdbc.url>${test.prop}</jdbc.url>
      </properties>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
</settings>

the invocation

mvn validate -D "test.prop=&x=y"

fails with

[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)  @

Issue Links

• is related to: MNG-3657 Ampersand characters cannot be used in profiles.xml (XML parsed twice)
• is related to: MNG-2577 Allow interpolation of Properties in settings.xml