Chart xmlRepresentation vanishes when report is edited using DEAPI

macroangle3

<p>I have created a cross-tab report with multi-view and added a chart. I use Design API to manipulate this report to add parameters. When I save the new design,</p>
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DesignConfig engineConfig = new DesignConfig();
Platform.startup(engineConfig);

IDesignEngineFactory factory = (IDesignEngineFactory) Platform.createFactoryObject(IDesignEngineFactory.EXTENSION_DESIGN_ENGINE_FACTORY);
IDesignEngine designEngine = factory.createDesignEngine(engineConfig);

SessionHandle sessionHandle = designEngine.newSessionHandle(ULocale.ENGLISH);
ReportDesignHandle openDesign = sessionHandle.openDesign("E:/work/birt-workspace/Reports/Report Designs/multi_view.rptdesign");
openDesign.saveAs("E:/Updated_design.rptdesign");

Platform.shutdown();
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<p>the xmlRepresentation of the chart gets stripped with the following error. Do i need to register any EMF library from Actuate/OpenText?</p>
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May 07, 2015 3:43:28 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.model.metadata.ExtensionLoader handleError
SEVERE: Message:The extension point [org.eclipse.birt.report.model.cElementsFactory] is not found. Error code:EXTENSION_POINT_NOT_FOUND
May 07, 2015 3:43:29 PM org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemImpl deserialize
WARNING: Exception
org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource$IOWrappedException: Package with uri 'null' not found. (file:///F:/xwork/birt-workspace/actuate/test.chart, 1, 31)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLLoadImpl.handleErrors(XMLLoadImpl.java:83)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLLoadImpl.load(XMLLoadImpl.java:191)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLResourceImpl.doLoad(XMLResourceImpl.java:242)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceImpl.load(ResourceImpl.java:1511)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.impl.SerializerImpl.fromXml(SerializerImpl.java:465)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemImpl.deserialize(ChartReportItemImpl.java:295)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.extension.PeerExtensibilityProvider.initializeReportItem(PeerExtensibilityProvider.java:580)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.initializeReportItem(ExtendedItem.java:307)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.parser.ExtendedItemState.end(ExtendedItemState.java:155)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.util.XMLParserHandler.endElement(XMLParserHandler.java:176)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.parser.ModuleReader.readModule(ModuleReader.java:97)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.parser.ModuleReader.readModule(ModuleReader.java:227)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.parser.DesignReader.read(DesignReader.java:143)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.DesignSessionImpl.openDesign(DesignSessionImpl.java:242)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.DesignSessionImpl.openDesign(DesignSessionImpl.java:218)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.SessionHandleImpl.openDesign(SessionHandleImpl.java:224)
at TestingReport.readAndSave(TestingReport.java:29)
at TestingReport.main(TestingReport.java:37)
Caused by: org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.PackageNotFoundException: Package with uri 'null' not found. (file:///F:/xwork/birt-workspace/actuate/test.chart, 1, 31)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLHandler.createObjectByType(XMLHandler.java:1307)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLHandler.createTopObject(XMLHandler.java:1468)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLHandler.processElement(XMLHandler.java:1019)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLHandler.startElement(XMLHandler.java:1001)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLHandler.startElement(XMLHandler.java:712)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.startElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$ContentDispatcher.scanRootElementHook(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLLoadImpl.load(XMLLoadImpl.java:181)
... 26 more

May 07, 2015 3:43:30 PM org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemImpl serialize
WARNING: Exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.impl.SerializerImpl.asXml(SerializerImpl.java:186)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemImpl.serialize(ChartReportItemImpl.java:269)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.extension.PeerExtensibilityProvider.hasLocalPropertyValuesOnOwnModel(PeerExtensibilityProvider.java:850)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.hasLocalPropertyValuesOnOwnModel(ExtendedItem.java:487)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.visitExtendedItem(ModuleWriterImpl.java:1957)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.apply(ExtendedItem.java:136)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeChildren(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2921)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2906)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2956)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.visitMultiView(ModuleWriterImpl.java:4279)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.MultiViews.apply(MultiViews.java:42)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeChildren(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2921)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2906)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2956)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.visitExtendedItem(ModuleWriterImpl.java:1970)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.apply(ExtendedItem.java:136)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeChildren(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2921)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2906)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2940)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.DesignWriterImpl.writeSlot(DesignWriterImpl.java:172)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.DesignWriterImpl.visitReportDesign(DesignWriterImpl.java:77)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ReportDesign.apply(ReportDesign.java:104)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeFile(ModuleWriterImpl.java:326)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.write(ModuleWriterImpl.java:294)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ModuleHandleImpl.save(ModuleHandleImpl.java:1451)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ModuleHandleImpl.saveAs(ModuleHandleImpl.java:1471)
at TestingReport.readAndSave(TestingReport.java:30)
at TestingReport.main(TestingReport.java:37)

May 07, 2015 3:43:30 PM org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemImpl serialize
WARNING: Exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.impl.SerializerImpl.asXml(SerializerImpl.java:186)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemImpl.serialize(ChartReportItemImpl.java:269)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.extension.PeerExtensibilityProvider.getReportItemExtensionProperty(PeerExtensibilityProvider.java:316)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.extension.PeerExtensibilityProvider.getExtensionProperty(PeerExtensibilityProvider.java:276)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.getLocalProperty(ExtendedItem.java:219)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.DesignElement.getLocalProperty(DesignElement.java:1062)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeProperty(ModuleWriterImpl.java:726)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.visitExtendedItem(ModuleWriterImpl.java:1958)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.apply(ExtendedItem.java:136)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeChildren(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2921)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2906)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2956)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.visitMultiView(ModuleWriterImpl.java:4279)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.MultiViews.apply(MultiViews.java:42)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeChildren(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2921)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2906)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2956)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.visitExtendedItem(ModuleWriterImpl.java:1970)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.apply(ExtendedItem.java:136)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeChildren(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2921)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2906)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2940)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.DesignWriterImpl.writeSlot(DesignWriterImpl.java:172)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.DesignWriterImpl.visitReportDesign(DesignWriterImpl.java:77)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ReportDesign.apply(ReportDesign.java:104)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeFile(ModuleWriterImpl.java:326)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.write(ModuleWriterImpl.java:294)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ModuleHandleImpl.save(ModuleHandleImpl.java:1451)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ModuleHandleImpl.saveAs(ModuleHandleImpl.java:1471)
at TestingReport.readAndSave(TestingReport.java:30)
at TestingReport.main(TestingReport.java:37)

May 07, 2015 3:43:30 PM org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemImpl serialize
WARNING: Exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.impl.SerializerImpl.asXml(SerializerImpl.java:186)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemImpl.serialize(ChartReportItemImpl.java:269)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.extension.PeerExtensibilityProvider.hasLocalPropertyValuesOnOwnModel(PeerExtensibilityProvider.java:850)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.hasLocalPropertyValuesOnOwnModel(ExtendedItem.java:487)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.visitExtendedItem(ModuleWriterImpl.java:1957)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.apply(ExtendedItem.java:136)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeChildren(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2921)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2906)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2956)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.visitMultiView(ModuleWriterImpl.java:4279)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.MultiViews.apply(MultiViews.java:42)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeChildren(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2921)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2906)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2956)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.visitExtendedItem(ModuleWriterImpl.java:1970)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.apply(ExtendedItem.java:136)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeChildren(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2921)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2906)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeContents(ModuleWriterImpl.java:2940)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.DesignWriterImpl.writeSlot(DesignWriterImpl.java:172)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.DesignWriterImpl.visitReportDesign(DesignWriterImpl.java:77)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ReportDesign.apply(ReportDesign.java:104)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.writeFile(ModuleWriterImpl.java:326)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.writer.ModuleWriterImpl.write(ModuleWriterImpl.java:294)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ModuleHandleImpl.save(ModuleHandleImpl.java:1451)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ModuleHandleImpl.saveAs(ModuleHandleImpl.java:1471)
at TestingReport.readAndSave(TestingReport.java:30)
at TestingReport.main(TestingReport.java:37)

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mwilliams

Did you create the design with open source BIRT or BIRT Designer Professional? I'm unable to open the design with open source BIRT 3.7.2, however, I am able to open it with BDPro.<br><br>If this is the case and you're trying to modify the design with the open source design engine, that will cause some issues. Let me know.