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
{
	/**
	 * Default locale of the validation issues. If the caller does not provide
	 * the locale information, we will use it.
	 */
	private static final ULocale DEFAULT_LOCALE = ULocale.US;
	/**
	 * Default date-time format string.
	 */
	public static final String DEFAULT_DATETIME_FORMAT = "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a"; 
	public static final String DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = "MM/dd/yyyy"; 
	public static final String DEFAULT_TIME_FORMAT = "hh:mm:ss a"; 
	public static final String DISPLAY_DATE_FORMAT = "Long Date"; 
	public static final String DISPLAY_TIME_FORMAT = "Medium Time"; 
	/**
	 * Validates a input parameter value with the given data type. The returned
	 * value is locale and format independent. The data type can be one of the
	 * following:
	 * 
	 * <ul>
	 * <li><code>PARAM_TYPE_DATETIME</code></li>