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
*  
	 */
	public void setLocale( ULocale theLocale )
	{
		locale = theLocale;
	}
	
	/**
	 * @deprecated since 2.1
	 * @return
	 */
	public void setLocale( Locale theLocale )
	{
		setLocale(ULocale.forLocale(theLocale));
	}
	/**
	 * @param val
	 *            string to be handled
	 * @param option
	 *            to upper case or to lower case
	 * @return
	 */
	private String handleCase( String val, char option )
	{
		if ( option == '<' )
			return UCharacter.toLowerCase( locale, val );
		else if ( option == '>' )
			return UCharacter.toUpperCase( locale, val );
		else
			return val;