Bug 136815 Provide convenience methods to access ODA data provider info
Provide additional convenience (short-cut) methods to access ODA data provider info. This helps to make it easier for an ODA consumer application to access related info through encapsulated methods.
data/org.eclipse.birt.data/src/org/eclipse/birt/data/engine/odaconsumer/Driver.java
ExtensionManifest config;
        try
        {
            config = getDriverExtensionConfig();
        }
        catch( DataException ex )
        {
            sm_logger.logp( Level.WARNING, sm_className, methodName,
                    "Cannot get ODA driver plug-in manifest.", ex );
            return null;
        }
        
        assert( config != null );
        return config.getTraceLogging();
    }
    
    /*
     * Gets the plug-in trace logging configuration from 
     * the .options file if set to debugging; otherwise,  
     * from the plugin.xml traceLogging element.
     */ 
	private LogConfiguration newLogSettings()
    {
        
        LogConfiguration logOptions = newTraceOptions();
        if( logOptions != null )
            return logOptions;  
        
                
        TraceLogging logManifest = getLoggingElement();