The Definitive Guide to JasperReports™

Description

The JasperReports library has a simple and straightforward API that should be easy to understand when you start working with it. JasperReports is also a very flexible and configurable tool that can adapt to various needs when embedded into your Java application. This is not immediately apparent when you first look at the high-level API it exposes, so having a complete reference to all its functionality, as we’ve put together in this book, might prove to be very helpful to developers wanting to make the best of this library. Because JasperReports is mainly a developer tool, this book is mainly for Java developers who want to better understand how the content-rendering engine works and how it could be plugged into their applications. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Getting Started....Pages 1-4 Working with Report Templates....Pages 5-13 Filling Report Templates....Pages 15-19 Handling Generated Reports....Pages 21-25 Large File Support....Pages 27-29 API Overview....Pages 31-36 Report Template Structure....Pages 37-48 Reporting Data....Pages 49-88 Report Sections....Pages 89-94 Report Elements....Pages 95-127 Subreports....Pages 129-135 Datasets....Pages 137-138 Charts....Pages 139-164 Crosstabs....Pages 165-176 Scriptlets....Pages 177-177 Internationalization....Pages 179-179 Report Exporters....Pages 181-201 Configuration Files....Pages 203-204 Advanced JasperReports....Pages 205-209 Back Matter....Pages 211-223