Bug 152686 URL strings are not handled consistently in Report Design API
Using todays BIRT source cvs head, and 1.4 compiler compliance. What I'm seeing is the following: If I make the following report manipulation calls using BIRT API. String REPORT_LOC = "file:/c:/temp/birtbug/report.rptdesign"; DesignEngine designEngine = new DesignEngine(new DesignConfig()); SessionHandle session = designEngine.newSessionHandle(ULocale.getDefault()); //this works using a URL string design = session.openDesign(REPORT_LOC); ... do some work on the design and then call design.save() design.save calls XMLWriter( File outputFile, String signature ) in here the writer constructor tries to open a stream = new FileOutputStream( outputFile ); But this will fail, because the outputFile is a URL string and throws an exception. Expected: The report manipulation api, needs to handle URL strings consistently, or they need to seperate out the API to deal with URLS to reports seperately from api that just deals with java File objects.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/ModuleHandle.java
* 
	 * @param name
	 *            the name of the parameter
	 * @return a handle to the parameter, or <code>null</code> if the
	 *         parameter is not found
	 */
	public ParameterHandle findParameter( String name )
	{
		DesignElement element = module.findParameter( name );
		if ( element == null )
			return null;
		return (ParameterHandle) element.getHandle( element.getRoot( ) );
	}
	/**
	 * Finds a style by its name in this module. The style with the same name,
	 * which is defined the included module, will never be returned.
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *            name of the style
	 * @return a handle to the style, or <code>null</code> if the style is not
	 *         found
	 */
	public SharedStyleHandle findNativeStyle( String name )
	{
		StyleElement style = module.findNativeStyle( name );
		if ( style == null )
			return null;
		return (SharedStyleHandle) style.getHandle( module );
	}
	/**