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
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				return;
			
			
			
			
			
			if ( ev.getDeliveryPath( ) != NotificationEvent.STYLE_CLIENT )
				ev.setDeliveryPath( NotificationEvent.DESCENDENT );
			Iterator iter = derived.iterator( );
			while ( iter.hasNext( ) )
			{
				( (DesignElement) iter.next( ) ).broadcast( ev, module );
			}
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Returns <code>true</code> if the element is within a child element
	 * which extends from another. Returns <code>false</code> otherwise. <br>
	 * <strong>Notice: </strong> <br>
	 * If the element is a virtual element, it must have defined a <code>
	 * baseId<code> which point to the ID of its virtual parent. 
	 * 
	 * @return Returns <code>true</code> if the element is within a child element
	 * which extends from another.
	 */
	public final boolean isVirtualElement( )
	{