Is there any existing mode/switch that will resolve/replace a property (not a ${var})

[jeacott1]

Following is an example of the tiresome double handling of maven properties that is required if a property is to be effectively flattened including parameter values passed in from the cmd line. eg

mvn install -Dbuild.num=66 ...

if I have a pom with some default property set:

    <properties>
        <build.num>SNAPSHOT</build.num>
        <internal.build.num>${build.num}</internal.build.num>
        <other.things>use-${internal.build.num}</other.things>
    </properties>

   the rest of the maven config uses ${internal.build.num}

after flatten this would become

    <properties>
        <build.num>SNAPSHOT</build.num>
        <internal.build.num>66</internal.build.num>
       <other.things>use-66</other.things>
    </properties>

I'd like to know if there is any option to forego this dance and simply have the flatten-maven-plugin also replace the affected property directly?
ie:

    <properties>
        <build.num>SNAPSHOT</build.num>
        <other.things>use-${build.num}</other.things>
    </properties>

   the rest of the maven config uses ${build.num}

after flatten this would become

    <properties>
        <build.num>66</build.num>
        <other.things>use-66</other.things>
    </properties>

this would be so much simpler to deal with and would eliminate the care required and the tedious duplication of properties just to effectively flatten them.

thanks.