Web.xml: setting values ​​from a properties file

Is it possible to set values ​​in Tomcat web.xml by extracting values ​​from a properties file?

eg. I would like the user role settings to be externalized in the properties file, is it possible then to do something like this:

my properties file:

#properties file
my.user.role=role1

my web.xml:

<security-role>
    <role-name>${my.user.role}</role-name>
</security-role>

Edit:

I found this article, so I suppose roles should be set static in web.xml.