Bug 183099 White spaces before parameter value are ignored in birt:paramDef tag.[]0603
Description: White spaces before parameter value are ignored in birt:paramDef tag. Build number:2.2.0.v200704190630 Steps to reproduce: 1. New a report with a string parameter and drag it to Layout. 2. New a jsp file with content: <birt:parameterPage id="0" name="customparameterpage" reportDesign="report.rptdesign" isCustom="true"> <birt:paramDef id="1" name="p_str" value=" value"/> <input type="submit" name="OK" value="submit"/> </birt:parameterPage> 3. Preview the jsp file. Expected result: Display " value" in web page. Actual result: Display "value" and three white spaces are lost. Error log:N/A
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/util/ParameterValidationUtil.java
* <li>General Number</li>
	 * <li>Currency</li>
	 * <li>Fixed</li>
	 * <li>Percent</li>
	 * <li>Scientific</li>
	 * <li>Standard</li>
	 * <li>pattern string, such as "###,##0", "###,##0.00 'm/s'", "###.#\';';#"
	 * and so on.</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * </td>
	 * </tr>
	 * <tr>
	 * <td width="16%">Date time</td>
	 * <td width="84%">
	 * <ul>
	 * <li>General Date</li>
	 * <li>Long Date</li>
	 * <li>Medium Date</li>
	 * <li>Short Date</li>
	 * <li>Long Time</li>
	 * <li>Medium Time</li>
	 * <li>Short Time</li>
	 * <li>pattern string, such as "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a", "yyyy-MM-dd
	 * HH:mm:ss" and so on.</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * </td>
	 * </tr>
	 * <tr>
	 * <td width="16%">String</td>
	 * <td width="84%">