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/core/DesignElement.java
* name or a user-defined property name. However, if the name is not valid,
	 * the method will simply return a null property value.
	 * <p>
	 * The search won't search up the inheritance hierarchy if the property is
	 * defined to not inherit.
	 * <p>
	 * Part of: Property value system.
	 * 
	 * @param module
	 *            the module
	 * @param propName
	 *            name of the property to get. Can be a system-defined or
	 *            user-defined property name. Must be of the correct case.
	 * @return The property value, or null if no value is set.
	 */
	public Object getProperty( Module module, String propName )
	{
		ElementPropertyDefn prop = getPropertyDefn( propName );
		
		if ( prop == null )
			return null;
		return getProperty( module, prop );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the property value from this element's parent, or any ancestor.
	 * The value is only from local properties, or local style of its ancestor.
	 * 
	 * @param module
	 *            module
	 * @param prop