Bug 120215 BPS 40 - DE changes
1. all report elements' properties will be overidable with an expression. The binding expression will have access to report parameter, and static BIRT report objects only. 2) DE will provide api to get property binding expression for a given property on a report element handle. It's up to the engine to evaluate the property binding expression when the report gets executed. DE API changes -------------------------- a) DesignElementHandle will support the following two methods. - String (expression) GetPropertyBinding ( propertyName ) - void SetPropertyBinding( propertyName , String (expression) ) // Note get and set property methods are wrapper classes which actually use reportDesignHandle methods to retrive and set the property binding. b) rom.def changes Property bindings contains a list of binding expressions. ReportDesign element will be enhanced to support a new property called. <Property canInherit="false" detailType="propertyBinding" displayNameID="Element.Module.propertyBindings" isList="true" name="propertyBindings" type="structure"/> A new datatype - <Structure name="propertybinding"> <Member name="name" since="2.0" type="name"/> <Member name="id" returnType="any" since="2.0" type="string"/> // Use the unique id used to identify an element. <Member name="value" returnType="string" since="2.0" type="expression"/> </Structure>
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/DesignElementHandle.java
public void dropUserPropertyDefn( String propName )
			throws UserPropertyException
	{
		DesignElement element = getElement( );
		UserPropertyCommand cmd = new UserPropertyCommand( module, element );
		cmd.dropUserProperty( propName );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns a handle to the element that this element extends.
	 * 
	 * @return the parent element. Returns <code>null</code> if this element
	 *         does not have a parent, or if the extends name does not resolve
	 *         to a valid element.
	 */
	public DesignElementHandle getExtends( )
	{
		DesignElement parent = getElement( ).getExtendsElement( );
		if ( parent == null )
			return null;
		return parent.getHandle( module );
	}
	/**
	 * Sets this element to extend the given element.
	 * 
	 * @param parent
	 *            handle to the element that this element is to extend. If
	 *            <code>null</code>, then this element will no longer extend
	 *            another element.
	 * @throws ExtendsException
	 *             if the parent element is of the wrong type as this element.