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
DesignElement cachedExternalElement = getCache( tmpElement );
			if ( cachedExternalElement != null )
			{
				ContainerContext newContext = context
						.createContext( tmpContainer );
				addElement( module, newContext, cachedExternalElement );
			}
			else
			{
				visitExternalElement( tmpElement );
			}
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Creates am element by the given element. The given element must be the
	 * one that is not directly defined in the source design.
	 * 
	 * @param element
	 *            the source element
	 * @param elementRoot
	 *            the root of the element
	 */
	private void visitExternalSelector( Style element, Module elementRoot )
	{
		String tmpStyleName = element.getName( ).toLowerCase( );
		if ( MetaDataDictionary.getInstance( )
				.getPredefinedStyle( tmpStyleName ) == null )
			return;
		Style sourceDesignStyle = (Style) targetDesign
				.findNativeStyle( tmpStyleName );