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
* <dt><strong>Custom behavior </strong></dt>
 * <dd>The user can define custom behavior by associating the element with a
 * Java class. Derived elements inherit this behavior.</dd>
 * </dl>
 * <p>
 * 
 * Inheritance does <em>not</em>, however, apply to the following:
 * <p>
 * <ul>
 * <li><strong>Name </strong>. A derived element does not inherit the name of
 * the parent component. If it did, then there would be two elements with the
 * same name, violating the rules about element name uniqueness.</li>
 * 
 * <li><strong>Parent element </strong>. A derived element necessarily has a
 * distinct value for the "extends" property than does its parent.</li>
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * 
 * Members and classes in the inheritance system include:
 * <p>
 * <ul>
 * <li>The {@link #setExtendsElement}method sets the parent element.</li>
 * <li>The {@link #setExtendsName}method sets the name of the parent element.
 * It is used when reading a design file, or if it is necessary to store an
 * unresolved parent name.</li>
 * <li>The {@link #getExtendsElement}method gets the parent element.</li>
 * <li>The {@link #extendsRef}member stores the reference to the parent
 * element.</li>
 * </ul>
 *