Bug 192981 Leading white space get trimmed in PDF&HTML output.
Build ID: The Eclipse bundled with BIRT 2.1.3 designer all in one Steps To Reproduce: 1.Create a new blank report. 2.Setup data source and data set component 3.Insert a List 4.Insert a DataItem into the detail slot of List 5.Set the value expression of DataItem to " " + row["Column1"] 6.Run the report to produce PDF or HTML 7.the leading white space is disappeared in output More information: The leading white space is preserved in BIRT 2.1.1, but get disappeared in BIRT 2.1.3 or later version. We want to know whether it's expected behavior or a bug.
core/org.eclipse.birt.core/src/org/eclipse/birt/core/format/StringFormatter.java
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	/**
	 * @deprecated since 2.1
	 * @return
	 */
	public StringFormatter( String format, Locale locale)
	{
		this(format, ULocale.forLocale(locale));
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * @param format
	 *            the format pattern
	 */
	public void applyPattern( String format )
	{
		init( );
		if ( format == null )
		{
			return;
		}
		char c = ' ';
		StringBuffer scan = new StringBuffer( format );
		int len = scan.length( );
		for ( int i = 0; i < len; i++ )
		{
			c = scan.charAt( i );
			switch ( c )