Use separate property file
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Apache Ant Properties Project" default="properties.localfile" basedir=".">
<target name="properties.localfile">
<property file="build.start.properties"/>
<path id="build.classpath.id">
<pathelement path="${build.classpath}"/>
</path>
<property name="build.classpath.property" refid="build.classpath.id"/>
<echo message="Server URL: ${server.url}"/>
<echo message="Build classpath: ${build.classpath}"/>
<echo message="Build classpath converted: ${build.classpath.property}"/>
</target>
</project>
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File: build.start.properties
server.name=localhost
server.port=8080
server.scheme=http
server.manager.name=manager
server.url=${server.scheme}://${server.name}:${server.port}/${server.manager.name}/
j2ee.home=C:/j2ee
catalina.home=C:/jakarta-tomcat
j2ee.jar=${j2ee.home}/lib/j2ee.jar
jsp.jar=${catalina.home}/common/lib/jsp-api.jar
servlet.jar=${catalina.home}/common/lib/servlet-api.jar
mysql.jar=${catalina.home}/common/lib/mysql.jar
build.classpath=${mysql.jar};${j2ee.jar};${jsp.jar};${servlet.jar}
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