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
* overwrite this method to say in which condition they can be said valid or
	 * not.
	 * <p>
	 * for example, if a JDBCDataSource can not reach the server, then it's
	 * invalid.
	 * <p>
	 * UI needs this method to show different icon for each element in the user
	 * interface.
	 * 
	 * @return true if this element is valid, false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean isValid( )
	{
		return isValid;
	}
	/**
	 * Sets whether the element is valid.
	 * 
	 * @param isValid
	 *            the valid to set
	 */
	public void setValid( boolean isValid )
	{
		this.isValid = isValid;
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the display label of this element. To get the display label of an
	 * element, the following step should be done:
	 * <ul>
	 * <li>The localized display name of this element if set</li>