How to expand property references in jar resources?

Question

I\'m using Gradle to build a jar containing an xml file in META-INF. This file has a row like

Answer 1

In addition to @emil-lundberg 's excellent solution, I'd limit the resource processing to just the desired target file:

build.gradle

processResources {
    filesMatching("**/applicationContext.xml") {
        expand(project: project)
    }
}

An additional note: if the ${...} parentheses are causing "Could not resolve placeholder" errors, you can alternatively use <%=...%>. N.B. tested with a *.properties file, not sure how this would work for an XML file.