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
derived = new ArrayList( );
		assert child != null;
		assert child.getExtendsElement( ) == this;
		assert !derived.contains( child );
		assert child.getDefn( ) == getDefn( );
		derived.add( child );
	}
	/**
	 * Removes a cached element that derives from this element.
	 * <p>
	 * Part of: Inheritance system.
	 * 
	 * @param child
	 *            The old derived element.
	 */
	public void dropDerived( DesignElement child )
	{
		assert derived != null;
		assert child != null;
		assert child.getExtendsElement( ) == this;
		assert derived.contains( child );
		derived.remove( child );
	}
	/**
	 * Sets the parent element. This version should be used to implement a
	 * command to change the parent element. The caller must have validated that
	 * the new parent is valid for this element.
	 * <p>
	 * Part of: Inheritance system.
	 *