b is ${b} <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd"> <properties version="1.0"> <comment> Example of property definition according to Suns DTD as specified in the Java5 docs and http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd. </comment> <entry key="xml.one">ONE</entry> <entry key="xml.two">TWO</entry> </properties>