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
* @param toAdd
	 *            the structure to add. This parameter maybe is
	 *            <code>null</code>.
	 * @throws PropertyValueException
	 *             if the structure list or the structure to add has any
	 *             semantic error..
	 */
	public void checkStructureList( Module module, PropertyDefn propDefn,
			List list, IStructure toAdd ) throws PropertyValueException
	{
		List errorList = StructureListValidator.getInstance( )
				.validateForAdding( getHandle( module ), propDefn, list, toAdd );
		if ( errorList.size( ) > 0 )
		{
			throw (PropertyValueException) errorList.get( 0 );
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Checks the parent element.
	 * 
	 * @param parent
	 *            the parent element
	 * @return <true> if the parent element is <code>NOT_FOUND</code>,<code>WRONG_TYPE</code>,
	 *         <code>SELF_EXTEND</code>,<code>CIRCULAR</code>. Otherwise
	 *         <code>false</code>.
	 */
	private boolean isExtendsValid( DesignElement parent )
	{
		try
		{