Bug 149251 Inconsistent Handling of a Non-inheritable ROM Property
For a ROM property defined to be non-inheritable, an empty string property value should be consistently handled as an empty string, not as null. For example, an oda.dataSource extension defines a data source property with canInherit=false. When a oda-data-source handle get saved in a report design, it correctly includes the tag for such property, even when an empty string value is specified. <oda-data-source extensionID="my.oda.plugin" name="my Data Source" id="24"> ... <property name="ApplicationServer"></property> </oda-data-source> However, later when using the DE API to read its property value, a null is returned. Then when the report design is subsequently saved, the property tag is lost. Expects that an empty string value of a non-inhertiable property should be preserved.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/core/DesignElement.java
}
	/**
	 * Returns the data set element, if any, for this element.
	 * 
	 * @param module
	 *            the module of this element
	 * 
	 * @return the data set element defined on this specific element
	 */
	public TemplateParameterDefinition getTemplateParameterElement(
			Module module )
	{
		ElementRefValue templateParam = (ElementRefValue) getProperty( module,
				REF_TEMPLATE_PARAMETER_PROP );
		if ( templateParam == null )
			return null;
		return (TemplateParameterDefinition) templateParam.getElement( );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns a list of the descendents of this element. The descendents
	 * include elements that directly extend from this one, along with elements
	 * that extend from those, and so on recursively.
	 * <p>
	 * Part of: Inheritance system.
	 * 
	 * @return The list of descendents.
	 */
	public List getDescendents( )
	{
		ArrayList list = new ArrayList( );