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/ModuleHandle.java
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 * <tr>
 * <td>Parameters</td>
 * <td>A list of Parameter elements that describe the data that the user can
 * enter when running the report.</td>
 * </tr>
 * 
 * <tr>
 * <td>Data Sources</td>
 * <td>The connections used by the report.</td>
 * </tr>
 * 
 * <tr>
 * <td>Data Sets</td>
 * <td>Data sets defined in the design.</td>
 * </tr>
 * 
 * <tr>
 * <td>Color Palette</td>
 * <td>A set of custom color names as part of the design.</td>
 * </tr>
 * 
 * <tr>
 * <td>Styles</td>
 * <td>User-defined styles used to format elements in the report. Each style
 * must have a unique name within the set of styles for this report.</td>
 * </tr>
 * 
 * <tr>
 * <td>Page Setup</td>