ReproTests-repro.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:jee="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee/spring-jee-2.5.xsd">

  <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <property name="properties">
      <props>
        <prop key="resourceDirPlaceHolder">myResourceDir</prop>
      </props>
    </property>
    <property name="order" value="1"/>
  </bean>

  <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <property name="location" value="classpath:${resourceDirPlaceHolder}/props.properties"/>
  </bean>

</beans>