Bug 192981 Leading white space get trimmed in PDF&HTML output.
Build ID: The Eclipse bundled with BIRT 2.1.3 designer all in one Steps To Reproduce: 1.Create a new blank report. 2.Setup data source and data set component 3.Insert a List 4.Insert a DataItem into the detail slot of List 5.Set the value expression of DataItem to " " + row["Column1"] 6.Run the report to produce PDF or HTML 7.the leading white space is disappeared in output More information: The leading white space is preserved in BIRT 2.1.1, but get disappeared in BIRT 2.1.3 or later version. We want to know whether it's expected behavior or a bug.
core/org.eclipse.birt.core/src/org/eclipse/birt/core/format/StringFormatter.java
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					else
					{
						sc = orig.substring( pos, pos + 1 );
						ret.append( handleCase( sc, chcase ) );
						pos++;
						len--;
					}
					break;
				case ( '<' ) :
				case ( '>' ) :
				case ( '!' ) :
					
					break;
				default :
					ret.append( fc );
					break;
			}
		}
		while ( --len >= 0 )
		{
			sc = orig.substring( pos, pos + 1 );
			ret.append( handleCase( sc, chcase ) );
			pos++;
		}
		return ret.toString( );
	}
	
	/**
	 * Parses the input string into a unformatted string type.