Bug 152686 URL strings are not handled consistently in Report Design API
Using todays BIRT source cvs head, and 1.4 compiler compliance. What I'm seeing is the following: If I make the following report manipulation calls using BIRT API. String REPORT_LOC = "file:/c:/temp/birtbug/report.rptdesign"; DesignEngine designEngine = new DesignEngine(new DesignConfig()); SessionHandle session = designEngine.newSessionHandle(ULocale.getDefault()); //this works using a URL string design = session.openDesign(REPORT_LOC); ... do some work on the design and then call design.save() design.save calls XMLWriter( File outputFile, String signature ) in here the writer constructor tries to open a stream = new FileOutputStream( outputFile ); But this will fail, because the outputFile is a URL string and throws an exception. Expected: The report manipulation api, needs to handle URL strings consistently, or they need to seperate out the API to deal with URLS to reports seperately from api that just deals with java File objects.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/ModuleHandle.java
{
		return getSlot( PARAMETER_SLOT );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns a cascading parameter group handle with the given group name
	 * 
	 * @param groupName
	 *            name of the cascading parameter group.
	 * @return a handle to the cascading parameter group. Returns
	 *         <code>null</code> if the cascading group with the given name is
	 *         not found.
	 */
	public CascadingParameterGroupHandle findCascadingParameterGroup(
			String groupName )
	{
		DesignElement element = module.findParameter( groupName );
		if ( element == null || !( element instanceof CascadingParameterGroup ) )
			return null;
		return (CascadingParameterGroupHandle) element.getHandle( element
				.getRoot( ) );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns a slot handle to work with the styles within the report. Note
	 * that the order of the styles within the slot is unimportant.
	 * 
	 * @return A handle for working with the styles.
	 */
	public SlotHandle getStyles( )
	{
		return getSlot( IReportDesignModel.STYLE_SLOT );