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/Module.java
if ( this.elementIDCounter <= id )
		{
			this.elementIDCounter = id + 1;
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Drops an element from the id-to-element map. Does nothing if IDs are not
	 * enabled. Should be called only from the
	 * {@link org.eclipse.birt.report.model.command.ContentCommand ContentCommand}.
	 * 
	 * @param element
	 *            The old element to remove.
	 */
	public void dropElementID( DesignElement element )
	{
		if ( idMap == null )
			return;
		assert element.getID( ) > 0;
		Long idObj = new Long( element.getID( ) );
		assert idMap.containsKey( idObj );
		idMap.remove( idObj );
	}
	/**
	 * Looks up an element given an element ID. Returns null if no element
	 * exists with the given ID. Also returns null if IDs are not enabled. Note:
	 * this method will not find an element that has previously been deleted
	 * from the module, even if that element still exists in memory in
	 * anticipation of issuing an undo of the delete. That is, only valid
	 * elements can be found.
	 *