protected String resolvePath(String path) 
{
	                             	 
		StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(path);
		// The following code does not use JDK 1.4's StringBuffer.indexOf(String)
		// method to retain JDK 1.3 compatibility. The slight loss in performance
		// is not really relevant, as this code will typically just run on startup.
		int startIndex = path.indexOf(PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX);
		while (startIndex != -1) {
			int endIndex = buf.toString().indexOf(PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX, startIndex + PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX.length());
			if (endIndex != -1) {
				String placeholder = buf.substring(startIndex + PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX.length(), endIndex);
				String propVal = System.getProperty(placeholder);
				if (propVal != null) {
					buf.replace(startIndex, endIndex + PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX.length(), propVal);
					startIndex = buf.toString().indexOf(PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX, startIndex + propVal.length());
				}
				else {
					logger.warn("Could not resolve placeholder '" + placeholder +
					    "' in resource path [" + path + "] as system property");
					startIndex = buf.toString().indexOf(PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX, endIndex + PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX.length());
				}
			}
			else {
				startIndex = -1;
			}
		}
		return buf.toString();
}

Resolve the given path, replacing ${...} placeholders with corresponding system property values if necessary.