Bug 176436 Charts Imported from Libraries do not update when libraries change
During a live presentation of BIRT at EclipseCon, we came across a rather embarassing issue. When charts are included in a library, and imported into a report design from a library, any changes to the library instance of the chart do not reflect in the report itself.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/DesignElementHandle.java
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package org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.activity.SemanticException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.command.ContentException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.command.ExtendsException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.command.NameException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.command.PropertyNameException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.command.StyleException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.command.TemplateException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.command.UserPropertyException;