Bug 199751 getProperty(...) returns null
I created report with user property called "version". Later i need to access that property using BIRT Runtime. I access it using getProperty() method: Report: <list-property name="userProperties"> <structure> <property name="name">version</property> <property name="type">string</property> <property name="isVisible">true</property> </structure> </list-property> <property name="version">1.0</property> Accesing using BIRT Runtime: ReportRunnable reportDesign = engine.openReportDesign("Report.rptdesign"); String version = reportDesign.getProperty("version"); When there's a library linked to Report.rptdesign, version is null. When i remove the library from report design, getProperty() returns correct value.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/util/ReportDesignSerializer.java
*/
	private DesignElement visitExternalElement( DesignElement element )
	{
		if ( element instanceof Theme )
			return null;
		ElementFactory factory = new ElementFactory( targetDesign );
		DesignElement newElement = factory.newElement(
				element.getDefn( ).getName( ), element.getName( ) )
				.getElement( );
		IElementDefn elementDefn = newElement.getDefn( );
		if ( elementDefn.isContainer( ) )
		{
			int slotCount = elementDefn.getSlotCount( );
			if ( slotCount > 0 )
				visitExternalSlots( element, newElement, slotCount );
			List properties = elementDefn.getContents( );
			if ( properties.size( ) > 0 )
				visitExternalContainerProperties( element, newElement,
						properties );
		}
		localizePropertyValues( element, newElement );
		cacheMapping( element, newElement );
		return newElement;
	}
	/**
	 * Visits the container properties of the given element.
	 * 
	 * @param obj
	 * @param newElement
	 * @param properties