Bug 120215 BPS 40 - DE changes
1. all report elements' properties will be overidable with an expression. The binding expression will have access to report parameter, and static BIRT report objects only. 2) DE will provide api to get property binding expression for a given property on a report element handle. It's up to the engine to evaluate the property binding expression when the report gets executed. DE API changes -------------------------- a) DesignElementHandle will support the following two methods. - String (expression) GetPropertyBinding ( propertyName ) - void SetPropertyBinding( propertyName , String (expression) ) // Note get and set property methods are wrapper classes which actually use reportDesignHandle methods to retrive and set the property binding. b) rom.def changes Property bindings contains a list of binding expressions. ReportDesign element will be enhanced to support a new property called. <Property canInherit="false" detailType="propertyBinding" displayNameID="Element.Module.propertyBindings" isList="true" name="propertyBindings" type="structure"/> A new datatype - <Structure name="propertybinding"> <Member name="name" since="2.0" type="name"/> <Member name="id" returnType="any" since="2.0" type="string"/> // Use the unique id used to identify an element. <Member name="value" returnType="string" since="2.0" type="expression"/> </Structure>
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/command/PropertyCommand.java
* Sets the value of a property. If the mask of a property is "lock", throws
	 * one exception.
	 * <p>
	 * If the mask of this property has been set to "lock", no value will be
	 * set. To set the value of a property, the mask value must be "hide" or
	 * "change".
	 * 
	 * @param prop
	 *            definition of the property to set
	 * @param value
	 *            the new property value.
	 * @throws SemanticException
	 *             if the value is invalid or the property mask is "lock".
	 */
	public void setProperty( ElementPropertyDefn prop, Object value )
			throws SemanticException
	{
		if ( IExtendedItemModel.EXTENSION_NAME_PROP.equals( prop.getName( ) ) )
		{
			throw new PropertyValueException(
					element,
					IExtendedItemModel.EXTENSION_NAME_PROP,
					value,
					PropertyValueException.DESIGN_EXCEPTION_EXTENSION_SETTING_FORBIDDEN );
		}
		String mask = element.getPropertyMask( module, prop.getName( ) );
		if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PROPERTY_MASK_TYPE_LOCK
				.equalsIgnoreCase( mask ) )
		{
			throw new PropertyValueException( element, prop, value,