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
*            the slot within the container where this element resides
	 */
	public void setContainer( DesignElement obj, int slot )
	{
		container = obj;
		containerSlotID = slot;
	}
	/**
	 * Gets the property data for either a system-defined or user-defined
	 * property.
	 * <p>
	 * Part of: Property system and user-defined property system
	 * 
	 * @param propName
	 *            The name of the property to lookup.
	 * @return The property definition, or null, if the property is undefined.
	 */
	public ElementPropertyDefn getPropertyDefn( String propName )
	{
		
		ElementPropertyDefn prop = (ElementPropertyDefn) getDefn( )
				.getProperty( propName );
		if ( prop == null )
			prop = getUserPropertyDefn( propName );
		return prop;
	}
	/**
	 * Validates that the given property name is either a system-defined or
	 * user-defined property.
	 * <p>