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
public String getPropertyMask( Module module, String propName )
	{
		DesignElement e = this;
		do
		{
			ArrayList masks = (ArrayList) e.getLocalProperty( module,
					DesignElement.PROPERTY_MASKS_PROP );
			if ( masks != null )
			{
				for ( int i = 0; i < masks.size( ); i++ )
				{
					PropertyMask mask = (PropertyMask) masks.get( i );
					if ( propName.equals( mask.getName( ) ) )
						return mask.getMask( );
				}
			}
			e = e.getExtendsElement( );
		} while ( e != null );
		return null;
	}
	/**
	 * Implements to cache a back-pointer from a referenced element. This
	 * element has an element reference property that can point to another
	 * "referencable" element. To maintain semantic consistency, the referenced
	 * element maintains a list of "clients" that identifies the elements that
	 * refer to it. The client list is used when the target element changes
	 * names or is deleted. In these cases, the change automatically updates the
	 * clients as well.
	 * <p>
	 * References can be in two states: resovled and unresolved. An unresolved