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Overview of JasperReport

Overview of JasperReport. Dec 27, 2007. Current Reporting Library. iText for PDF report generation iText is a powerful PDF generation engine How can we design/deliver a report with iText? Write Java code directly calling iText library The code need handling layout, style and so on

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Overview of JasperReport

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  1. Overview of JasperReport Dec 27, 2007

  2. Current Reporting Library • iText for PDF report generation • iText is a powerful PDF generation engine • How can we design/deliver a report with iText? • Write Java code directly calling iText library • The code need handling layout, style and so on • Concerns • Code duplication • Customization, localization, and internationalization

  3. JasperReport (1) • Build over iText to generate PDF report • Store a report template as XML format • Supported by a report designer, iReport • Benefits • Eliminate an amount of Java code • Ease the report design and testing • Improve the maintainability and reusability • Highly configurable (L10N and I18N)

  4. JasperReport (2)

  5. JasperReport (3) • Support multiple data sources • Database connection • Embedded SQL statement • Java Collections (Collection, Array and Map) • JDBC result set • Support multiple report formats • PDF, XLS, CSV, HTML, XML, RTF, ODT, TXT

  6. JasperReport (4) • Learning Curve • Not very hard to learn • Especially for the programmer who has experience in Java Swing or JSP • Good documentation online and a few books on market • Requirements • Disadvantages • Lose flexibility comparing to directly coding over iText • Report designer may still make beginners confused thought it is good

  7. JasperReport (5) • Open source Java reporting library • Under the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL) • Since 2001 • Backed by a company now, JasperSoft • 2007 Duke’s Choice Award Winner • http://www.jasperforge.org/jaspersoft/opensource/business_intelligence/jasperreports/

  8. Demo and Questions

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