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/core/DesignElement.java
* Part of: Containment system.
	 * 
	 * @param slot
	 *            the slot ID to get
	 * @return The container interface, or null if this element is not a
	 *         container.
	 */
	public ContainerSlot getSlot( int slot )
	{
		return null;
	}
	/**
	 * Returns a list of user properties defined in this element and somewhere
	 * up the inheritance chain.
	 * 
	 * @return The list of user properties.
	 */
	public List getUserProperties( )
	{
		List props = new ArrayList( );
		DesignElement e = this;
		while ( e != null )
		{
			List prop = e.getLocalUserProperties( );
			if ( prop != null )
			{
				props.addAll( prop );
			}
			e = e.getExtendsElement( );
		}