Bug 120215 BPS 40 - DE changes
1. all report elements' properties will be overidable with an expression. The binding expression will have access to report parameter, and static BIRT report objects only. 2) DE will provide api to get property binding expression for a given property on a report element handle. It's up to the engine to evaluate the property binding expression when the report gets executed. DE API changes -------------------------- a) DesignElementHandle will support the following two methods. - String (expression) GetPropertyBinding ( propertyName ) - void SetPropertyBinding( propertyName , String (expression) ) // Note get and set property methods are wrapper classes which actually use reportDesignHandle methods to retrive and set the property binding. b) rom.def changes Property bindings contains a list of binding expressions. ReportDesign element will be enhanced to support a new property called. <Property canInherit="false" detailType="propertyBinding" displayNameID="Element.Module.propertyBindings" isList="true" name="propertyBindings" type="structure"/> A new datatype - <Structure name="propertybinding"> <Member name="name" since="2.0" type="name"/> <Member name="id" returnType="any" since="2.0" type="string"/> // Use the unique id used to identify an element. <Member name="value" returnType="string" since="2.0" type="expression"/> </Structure>
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/DesignElementHandle.java
*/
	public List getUserProperties( )
	{
		return getElement( ).getUserProperties( );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns a handle for a top-level property for use in preparing the
	 * Factory data structures. This handle follows specialized rules:
	 * <p>
	 * <ul>
	 * <li>Optimized to get each property value only once.</li>
	 * <li>Indicates if the value is a style property.</li>
	 * <li>Indicates if a style property is set on the element's private style
	 * or a shared style.</li>
	 * <li>Performs property conversions as needed for the Factory context.
	 * </li>
	 * </ul>
	 * 
	 * @param propName
	 *            the name of the property to get
	 * @return the factory property handle, or <code>null</code> if either 1)
	 *         no property exists with the given name or 2) the property is a
	 *         style property and is not set in a private style.
	 */
	public FactoryPropertyHandle getFactoryPropertyHandle( String propName )
	{
		DesignElement element = getElement( );
		ElementPropertyDefn propDefn = element.getPropertyDefn( propName );
		if ( propDefn == null )
			return null;