Bug 176436 Charts Imported from Libraries do not update when libraries change
During a live presentation of BIRT at EclipseCon, we came across a rather embarassing issue. When charts are included in a library, and imported into a report design from a library, any changes to the library instance of the chart do not reflect in the report itself.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/GroupPropertyHandle.java
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 * Copyright (c) 2004 Actuate Corporation.
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 * Contributors:
 *  Actuate Corporation  - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.activity.ActivityStack;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.activity.SemanticException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.metadata.IElementPropertyDefn;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.metadata.IPropertyDefn;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.metadata.IPropertyType;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.metadata.ElementPropertyDefn;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.util.ModelUtil;
/**
 * A handle for working with a top-level property of a collection of elements.
 * Use this handle to set/get values of a property if this property is common
 * across the given collection of elements.
 */
public class GroupPropertyHandle