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
else if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_DECIMAL
					.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType ) )
			{
				Number number = doValidateNumberByPattern( dataType, format,
						value, locale );
				if ( number == null )
					return null;
				return new BigDecimal( number.toString( ) );
			}
			else if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_INTEGER
					.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType ) )
			{
				Number number = doValidateNumberByPattern( dataType, format,
						value, locale );
				if ( number == null )
					return null;
				return new Integer( number.intValue( ) );
			}
			else if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_BOOLEAN
					.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType ) )
			{
				return doValidateBoolean( value, locale );
			}
			else if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_STRING
					.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType ) )
			{
				if ( StringUtil.isBlank( value ) )
					return value;
				else if ( DesignChoiceConstants.STRING_FORMAT_TYPE_UNFORMATTED
						.equalsIgnoreCase( format ) )