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<h1>Propertycopy</h1>
<p>Copies the value of a named property to another property. This
is useful when you need to plug in the value of another property
in order to get a property name and then want to get the value of
that property name.</p>
<h2>Parameters</h2>
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<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Required</th>
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<td valign="top">property</td>
<td valign="top">The name of the property to set.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">Yes.</td>
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<td valign="top">override</td>
<td valign="top">If the property is already set, should we change it's value.
Can be <code>true</code> or <code>false</code></td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No. Defaults to <code>false</code></td>
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<td valign="top">name <i>Deprecated</i></td>
<td valign="top">The name of the property to set.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No. Use the <code>property</code> attribute
instead</td>
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<td valign="top">from</td>
<td valign="top">The name of the property you wish to copy the
value from.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">Yes.</td>
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<td valign="top">silent</td>
<td valign="top">Do you want to suppress the error if the
"from" property does not exist, and just not set the
property "name".</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default is "false".</td>
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<h2>Example</h2>
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<property name="org" value="MyOrg" />
<property name="org.MyOrg.DisplayName" value="My Organiziation" />
<propertycopy name="displayName" from="org.${org}.DisplayName" />
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<p>Sets <code>displayName</code> to "My
Organiziation".</p>
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