Bug 183099 White spaces before parameter value are ignored in birt:paramDef tag.[]0603
Description: White spaces before parameter value are ignored in birt:paramDef tag. Build number:2.2.0.v200704190630 Steps to reproduce: 1. New a report with a string parameter and drag it to Layout. 2. New a jsp file with content: <birt:parameterPage id="0" name="customparameterpage" reportDesign="report.rptdesign" isCustom="true"> <birt:paramDef id="1" name="p_str" value=" value"/> <input type="submit" name="OK" value="submit"/> </birt:parameterPage> 3. Preview the jsp file. Expected result: Display " value" in web page. Actual result: Display "value" and three white spaces are lost. Error log:N/A
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/util/ParameterValidationUtil.java
.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType )
				|| DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_DECIMAL
						.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType )
				|| DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_INTEGER
						.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType );
		if ( DesignChoiceConstants.NUMBER_FORMAT_TYPE_UNFORMATTED
				.equalsIgnoreCase( format ) )
			return doValidateNumber( dataType, value, locale );
		assert !StringUtil.isBlank( format );
		if ( StringUtil.isBlank( value ) )
			return null;
		NumberFormatter formatter = new NumberFormatter( locale );
		formatter.applyPattern( format );
		try
		{
			return formatter.parse( value );
		}
		catch ( ParseException e )
		{
			throw new ValidationValueException( value,
					PropertyValueException.DESIGN_EXCEPTION_INVALID_VALUE,
					dataType );
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Gets the display string for the value with the given data type, format,
	 * locale. The value must be the valid data type. That is:
	 * 
	 * <ul>
	 * <li>if data type is <code>PARAM_TYPE_DATETIME</code>, then the value