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
* <dt>Blank name, name is optional</dt>
	 * <dd>Leave the name blank, for some elements the name is optional.</dd>
	 * 
	 * <dt>Blank name, name is required</dt>
	 * <dd>Create a default name of the form "NewTable" where "New" is
	 * localized, and "Table" is the localized element name for creating a new
	 * element.</dd>
	 * 
	 * <dt>Name already exists in the name space</dt>
	 * <dd>This can occur either for the name provided, or for the default name
	 * created above. Add a number suffix to make the name unique. Example:
	 * "MyName4".</dd>
	 * </dl>
	 * 
	 * @param element
	 *            element for which to create a unique name
	 */
	public void makeUniqueName( DesignElement element )
	{
		nameManager.makeUniqueName( element );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns a unique name for an element.
	 * 
	 * @param element
	 *            the given element.
	 * @return unique name of given element.
	 */
	public String getUniqueName( DesignElement element )
	{