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ehcache.xml can't use the properties file property

I define a system.properties in my class path, then I do like this in spring configuration xml:
<context:property-placeholder location="classpath*:/system.properties" ignore-resource-not-found="true" ignore-unresolvable="true" />
I aslo defind ehcache like this :
<cache:annotation-driven cache-manager="cacheManager" />
<bean id="ehCacheManager" class="org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean">
<property name="configLocation" value="classpath:/ehcache.xml" />
<property name="shared" value="true" />
</bean>
<bean id="cacheManager" class="org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheCacheManager">
<property name="cacheManager" ref="ehCacheManager" />
</bean>
I define a properties in system.properties file :
system.project_name=myproject
ehcache.xml like this :
<diskStore path="e:/${system.project_name}/cache" />
I want use the system.project_name property to store the cache, but when I deploy my project, I find the Directory is：
that is say I could't use the properties even I define a PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer in Spring configuration xml file？

MethodInvokingFactoryBean didn't work

I create a properties file contain system properties in classpath, the name is system.properties
the file like :
system.project_name=springsilkworm
I also use EHcache, the ehcache.xml like:
<diskStore path="${java.io.tmpdir}/${system.project_name}/cache" />
I want use the system.project_name define in system.properties。
I developed my project based on Spring, so I created applicationContext.xml like:
<context:property-placeholder location="classpath*:/system.properties" ignore-resource-not-found="true" ignore-unresolvable="true" />
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
<property name="targetClass" value="java.lang.System" />
<property name="targetMethod" value="setProperty" />
<property name="arguments">
<list>
<value>system.project_name</value>
<value>${system.project_name}</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="ehCacheManager" class="org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean">
<property name="configLocation" value="classpath:/ehcache.xml" />
<property name="shared" value="true" />
</bean>
but when I start my app， I find the folder which EHcahce use like :
that was say, the MethodInvokingFactoryBean didn't work, I also get the property in my code with System.getProperty("system.project_name") code，I got the result of “null”， why? I couldn't find out the wrong.

Spring - Set properties before load resources in applicationContext

in my applicationContext.xml I have a list of spring cfg files.
<import resource="classpath:resource1.xml"/>
<import resource="classpath:META-INF/resource1.xml"/>
<import resource="classpath:META-INF/resource1.xml"/>
<import resource="classpath:resource1.xml"/>
<import resource="classpath:resource1.xml"/>
And these files need some properties that are setted.
When I'm set these properties in JVM every runs OK.
But when load by properties file in my applicationContext, I receive an exception because the app couldn't "translate" the property key(${key}) in value.
<bean id="propSource" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="order" value="-999"/>
<property name="ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders" value="true"/>
<property name="location">
<value>classpath:/application.properties</value>
</property>
</bean>
I think that spring load import xml files before to load properties file.
How I can solve this?
Thnks

override property value ${abc.xyz} in bean property in spring configuration file

I have beans xml file, which loads multiple property files for creating its beans. All these property files are under a root folder like root/abc/abc.properties , root/xyz/some.properties etc..
<bean id="x".....
....
<util:properties id="properties" location="${config.base.dir}/abc/abc.properties" />
......
</bean>
<bean id="y".....
....
<util:properties id="properties" location="${config.base.dir}/xyz/some.properties" />
......
</bean>
I want to override put the value of config.base.dir somewhere in top so that I can keep changing the root location, should this be possible by defining some property on top?

If using Maven, you can have a version of abc.properties in the test/resources/abc/ folder. this will be picked up on the classpath before the main/resources/abc/abc.properties file.
Does this help?
Why do you want to ' keep changing the root location' ?
system properties overrides...
<!-- Configuration property files -->
<bean id="propertyConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="systemPropertiesModeName">
<value>SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_MODE_OVERRIDE</value>
</property>
<property name="locations">
<list>
<value>classpath*:config.properties</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>

Spring 3.0 Could not load properties

Im the getting the following Error/exception when deploying web app:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializationException: Could
not load properties; nested exception is
java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource
[/WEB-INF/WebAppProps]
Below is the context tag that Im using in applicationContext.xml to point to WebAppsProps.properties file
<bean id="propertyConfigurer"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer"
p:location="classpath:/WEB-INF/WebAppProps.properties" />
I have also used:
<bean id="propertyConfigurer"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer"
p:location="/WEB-INF/WebAppProps.properties" />
The file is actualy in the filesystem & below is the snapshot of my project structure:
I also tried , putting "WebAppProps.properties" on the classpath and used these 2 variations
variation 1:
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location">
<value>classpath:WebAppProps.properties</value>
</property>
</bean>
variation 2:
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location">
<value>WebAppProps.properties</value>
</property>
</bean>
Please see below:
However Im still getting same error/exception.
Please Advise
Thank you

Same issue i crossed,
Fix:
Solution
your bean like below:
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location">
<value>/WEB-INF/database.properties</value>
</property>
</bean>
create folder properties under WEB-INF it look like WEB-INF/properties/database.properties
because the class PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer default search properties folder first under /WEB-INF/ so it concatenate your file name as path

I think that you should change your code and put the properties like that :
<bean id="propertyConfigurer"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location" value="/WEB-INF/jdbc.properties" />
</bean>

Spring 4 this is how I would configure the properties file
#Configuration
#PropertySources({
#PropertySource("classpath:application.properties"),
#PropertySource(value = "${application.properties}", ignoreResourceNotFound = false)
})
public class WebServiceConfig {
---
}
And when starting my tomcat in setenv.sh I define the path as
-Dapplication.properties=file:location-of-file/application.properties"
Notice file: prefix here. That is important.
Now you can drop file anywhere on your file system and change the path without ever changing the code

<bean
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location">
<value>WebAppProps.properties</value>
</property>
</bean>
Just put the file on the classpath in the root of the classes directory.

you have 2 options:
if you dont need to get the bean, but only the properties:
<context:property-placeholder location="/WEB-INF/WebAppProps.properties" file-encoding="UTF-8"/>
or if you need the bean (it may happens you want to inject your properties bean, if you need to read many props...)
<bean id="configProperty" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean">
<property name="locations">
<list>
<value>/WEB-INF/config.properties</value>
<value>/WEB-INF/setup.properties</value>
</list>
</property>
<property name="ignoreResourceNotFound" value="true"/>
</bean>