Add Page n of M using report.model.api

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If you choose to use the report design api to add "Page n of M", the following method will be executed onRender event.

/** * Creates a page footer for this masterpage that specifies Page n of m *
    This is an equivalent translation of the following fragement:
			   <page-footer> <text id="403">
	    <property name="textAlign">right</property>
							     <method name="onRender">
							  	  this.text = "Page " + pageNumber + " of " + totalPage;
				  </method>
	   <property name="contentType">html</property> </text>
			      </page-footer>*/
 public void createPageFooterUsingScripting() throws SemanticException{
                SimpleMasterPageHandle masterPageHandle =                         design.getElementFactory().newSimpleMasterPage(null);
			   GridHandle footerGrid = design.getElementFactory().newGridItem(null/* name */, 1 /* cols */, 1 /* row */);
			   ColumnHandle colHandle = (ColumnHandle) footerGrid.getColumns().get(0);
			   RowHandle row01 = (RowHandle) footerGrid.getRows().get(0);
			   CellHandle cell1 = (CellHandle) row01.getCells().get(0);
			   TextItemHandle textItem = design.getElementFactory().newTextItem(null);
			   textItem.setProperty(DesignChoiceConstants.CHOICE_TEXT_ALIGN, DesignChoiceConstants.TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER);
			   textItem.setContentType(DesignChoiceConstants.TEXT_CONTENT_TYPE_HTML);
			   String pageFooterExpression = "this.text = \"Page \" + pageNumber + \" of \" + totalPage ";
			   textItem.setOnRender(pageFooterExpression);
			   cell1.getContent().add(textItem);
			   masterPageHandle.getSlot(ISimpleMasterPageModel.PAGE_FOOTER_SLOT).add(footerGrid);
			   design.getMasterPages().add(masterPageHandle);
}