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
{
	/**
	 * logger used to log syntax errors.
	 */
	static protected Logger logger = Logger.getLogger( StringFormatter.class
			.getName( ) );
	
	protected String formatPattern;
	
	private ULocale locale = ULocale.getDefault( );
	
	private char chcase;
	
	private int nand;