Integrating and Extending BIRT

, by Weathersby, Jason; French, Don; Bondur, Tom; Tatchell, Jane; Chatalbasheva, Iana

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ISBN: 9780321443854 | 0321443853
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/16/2006

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Summary

Author Biography

Supplemental Materials

Written for Java programmers, this is an in-depth introduction to the Eclipse platform's new open source reporting tool.

Foreword

xvii

Preface

xix

About this book

xix

Who should read this book

Contents of this book

xxi

Typographical conventions

xxiv

Syntax conventions

xxv

Acknowledgments

xxvii

Part I Installing and Deploying BIRT

(44)

Prerequisites for BIRT

(10)

Requirements for the BIRT report designers

(4)

About installing required software

(1)

BIRT RCP Report Designer software requirements

(1)

BIRT Report Designer Full Eclipse Install software requirements

(1)

BIRT Report Designer software requirements

(1)

Prerequisites for other BIRT packages

(3)

BIRT Chart Engine software requirements

(1)

BIRT Demo Database software requirements

(1)

BIRT Report Engine software requirements

(1)

BIRT Samples software requirements

(1)

BIRT Test Suite software requirements

(1)

About types of BIRT builds

(3)

Installing a BIRT Report Designer

(10)

Installing BIRT Report Designer

(1)

Downloading and installing BIRT Report Designer

(1)

Installing the auxiliary file for BIRT Report Designer

(1)

Testing the BIRT Report Designer installation

(1)

Installing BIRT Report Designer Full Eclipse Install

(1)

Downloading and installing BIRT Report Designer Full Eclipse Install

(1)

Installing the auxiliary file for BIRT Report Designer

(1)

Installing BIRT RCP Report Designer

(2)

Downloading and installing BIRT RCP Report Designer

(1)

Installing the auxiliary file for BIRT Report Designer

(1)

Testing the BIRT RCP Report Designer installation

(1)

Troubleshooting installation problems

(1)

Avoiding cache conflicts after you install a BIRT Report designer

(1)

Specifying which Java Virtual Machine to use when you start a BIRT report designer

(1)

Installing a language pack

(4)

Installing Other BIRT Packages

(8)

Installing BIRT Chart Engine

(2)

Installing BIRT Chart Engine from the Eclipse BIRT web site

(1)

Avoiding cache conflicts after installing

(1)

Installing BIRT Demo Database

(1)

Installing BIRT Demo Database from the Eclipse BIRT web site

(1)

Testing the BIRT Demo Database installation

(1)

Installing BIRT Report Engine

(2)

Installing BIRT Report Engine from the Eclipse BIRT web site

(1)

Testing the BIRT Report Engine installation

(1)

Installing BIRT Samples

(1)

Installing BIRT Test Suite

(2)

Updating a BIRT Installation

(2)

Using the Eclipse Update Manager to update BIRT Report Designer installation

(1)

Updating BIRT RCP Report Designer installation

(1)

Deploying a BIRT Report to an Application Server

(12)

About application servers

(1)

About deploying to Tomcat

(1)

About deploying to other application servers

(1)

Placing the BIRT report viewer on an application server

(6)

Installing the BIRT report viewer files

(1)

Installing the auxiliary file

(1)

Installing your JDBC drivers

(1)

Testing the BIRT report viewer installation

(1)

Using a different context root for the BIRT report viewer

(1)

Placing the viewer in a different location

(1)

Mapping the folders that the BIRT report viewer uses

(3)

Verifying that Apache Tomcat is running BIRT report viewer

(1)

Placing fonts on the application server

(1)

Viewing a report using a browser

(5)

Understanding the run and frameset servlets

(1)

Using the URL parameters for the run and frameset servlets

(1)

report parameter

(1)

document parameter

(1)

format parameter

(1)

locale parameter

(1)

isnull parameter

(1)

svg parameter

(1)

Report parameters

(1)

Part II Understanding the BIRT Framework

(26)

Understanding the BIRT Architecture

(12)

Understanding the BIRT integration

(4)

About the BIRT applications

(1)

About BIRT Report Designer and BIRT RCP Report Designer

(1)

About the BIRT report viewer

(1)

About the BIRT engines

(1)

About the report design engine

(1)

About the report engine

(1)

About the generation engine

(1)

About the presentation engine

(1)

About the chart engine

(1)

About the data engine

(1)

About data engine components

(1)

About the ODA framework

(1)

About the types of BIRT report items

(1)

About standard report items

(1)

About custom report items

(1)

About chart report items

(1)

About the ROM

(1)

About the types of BIRT files

(2)

About report design files

(1)

About report document files

(1)

About report library files

(1)

About report template files

(1)

About custom Java applications

(1)

About custom report designers

(1)

About custom Java report generators

(1)

About extensions to BIRT

(2)

Understanding the Report Object Model

(12)

About the ROM specification

(3)

ROM properties

(1)

ROM slots

(1)

ROM methods

(1)

ROM styles

(1)

About the ROM schema

(1)

About the rom.def file

(3)

About the primary ROM elements

(1)

About the report item elements

(1)

About the report items

(1)

Understanding the report item element properties

(1)

About the data elements

(3)

Part III Scripting in a Report Design

(72)

Using Scripting in a Report Design

(18)

Overview of BIRT scripting

(1)

Choosing between Java and JavaScript

(1)

Using both Java and JavaScript to write event handlers

(1)

Understanding the event handler execution sequence

(7)

About event firing sequence dependency

(1)

About the onCreate and onRender firing sequence dependencies

(1)

About the ReportDesign firing sequence dependencies

(1)

About the pageBreak event

(1)

Analysis of the execution sequence phases

(1)

Overview of the report execution process

(1)

Preparation phase

(1)

Report body processing phase

(2)

Clean-up processing phase

(1)

Row execution sequence

(1)

Table and list method execution sequence

(3)

About a report item event handler

(1)

About data source and data set event handlers

(1)

ODA data source events

(1)

Scripted data source events

(1)

ODA data set events

(1)

Scripted data set events

(1)

About ReportDesign event handlers

(1)

Writing event handlers for charts

(6)

Chart events

(2)

Chart script context

(1)

Chart instance object

(1)

Chart instance getter methods

(1)

Chart instance setter methods

(1)

Writing a Java chart event handler

(1)

Writing a JavaScript chart event handler

(2)

Getting a dynamic image from a Microsoft Access database

(2)

Using JavaScript to Write an Event Handler

(20)

Using BIRT Report Designer to enter a JavaScript event handler

(3)

Creating and using a global variable

(1)

Understanding execution phases and processes

(1)

Using the reportContext object

(1)

Passing a variable between processes

(1)

Getting information from an HTTP request object

(1)

Using the this object

(4)

Using the this object's methods

(1)

Using the this object to set the property of a report item

(3)

Using the row object

(1)

Getting column information

(1)

Getting and altering the query string

100

(1)

Getting a parameter value

101

(1)

Changing the connection properties of a data source

101

(1)

Determining method execution sequence

102

(2)

Providing the ReportDesign.initialize code

102

(1)

Providing the code for the methods you want to track

103

(1)

Providing the ReportDesign.afterFactory code

103

(1)

Tutorial 1: Writing an event handler in JavaScript

104

(4)

Task 1: Open the report design

104

(1)

Task 2: Create and initialize a counter in the Table.onCreate() method

104

(2)

Task 3: Conditionally increment the counter in the Row.onCreate() method

106

(1)

Task 4: Display the result, using the ReportDesign.afterFactory() method

107

(1)

Calling Java from JavaScript

108

(3)

Understanding the Packages object

108

(1)

Understanding the importPackage method

109

(1)

Using a Java class

109

(1)

Placing your Java classes where BIRT can find them

110

(1)

Issues with using Java in JavaScript code

110

(1)

Using Java to Write an Event Handler

111

(20)

Writing a Java event handler class

111

(5)

Locating the JAR files that an event handler requires

112

(1)

Extending an adapter class

112

(4)

Making the Java class visible to BIRT

116

(1)

Associating the Java event handler class with a report element

116

(1)

BIRT Java interface and class naming conventions

117

(1)

Writing a Java event handler

118

(5)

Using event handler adapter classes

118

(1)

Using event handler interfaces

118

(1)

About the Java event handlers for report items

119

(1)

Using Java event handlers for the DataSource element

120

(1)

Using Java event handlers for the DataSet element

120

(1)

Using Java event handlers for the ScriptedDataSource element

121

(1)

Using Java event handlers for the ScriptedDataSet element

122

(1)

Using Java event handlers for the ReportDesign

122

(1)

Understanding the BIRT interfaces

123

(5)

About the element design interfaces

124

(1)

About the methods for each report element

124

(1)

About the IReportElement interface

124

(1)

About the element instance interfaces

125

(1)

Using the IReportContext interface

126

(2)

Using the IColumnMetaData interface

128

(1)

Using the IDataSetInstance interface

128

(1)

Using the IDataSetRow interface

129

(1)

Using the IRowData interface

129

(2)

Using a Scripted Data Source

131

(12)

Creating a scripted data source and scripted data set

131

(2)

Tutorial 2: Creating and scripting a scripted data source

133

(6)

Task 1: Create a new report

133

(1)

Task 2: Create a scripted data source

133

(1)

Task 3: Create a scripted data set

134

(1)

Task 4: Supply code for the open() and close() methods of the data source

135

(1)

Task 5: Supply code for the open() method of the data set

135

(1)

Task 6: Define output columns

135

(2)

Task 7: Place the columns on the report layout

137

(1)

Task 8: Supply code for the data set fetch() method

138

(1)

Using a Java object to access a data source

139

(2)

Performing initialization in the data set open() method

139

(1)

Getting a new row of data in the data set fetch() method

140

(1)

Cleaning up in the data set close() method

140

(1)

Deciding where to locate your Java class

140

(1)

Deploying your Java class

141

(1)

Using input and output parameters with a scripted data set

141

(2)

Part IV Integrating BIRT Functionality into Applications

143

(108)

Understanding the BIRT APIs

145

(36)

Package hierarchy diagrams

146

(1)

About the BIRT Report Engine API

147

(6)

Creating the BIRT Report Engine

148

(1)

Using the BIRT Report Engine API

148

(1)

EngineConfig class

148

(1)

ReportEngine class

148

(1)

IReportRunnable interface

149

(1)

IReportDocument interface

149

(1)

IEngineTask interface

149

(1)

IGetParameterDefinitionTask interface

149

(1)

IDataExtractionTask interface

150

(1)

IRunTask interface

150

(1)

IRenderTask interface

150

(1)

IRunAndRenderTask interface

150

(1)

Report engine class hierarchy

151

(1)

Report engine interface hierarchy

152

(1)

About the design engine API

153

(4)

Using the BIRT design engine API

154

(1)

DesignEngine class

154

(1)

SessionHandle class

154

(1)

ModuleHandle class

155

(1)

ReportDesignHandle class

155

(1)

LibraryHandle class

156

(1)

DesignElementHandle class

156

(1)

Individual element handle classes

156

(1)

Design engine class hierarchy

157

(6)

ReportElementHandle hierarchy

159

(1)

ReportItemHandle hierarchy

160

(1)

ElementDetailHandle hierarchy

161

(1)

StructureHandle hierarchy

162

(1)

About the BIRT Chart Engine API

163

(18)

Using the BIRT Chart Engine API

164

(1)

Chart engine class hierarchy

164

(1)

chart.aggregate hierarchy

165

(1)

chart.datafeed hierarchy

165

(1)

chart.device class hierarchy

166

(1)

chart.device interface hierarchy

166

(1)

chart.event class hierarchy

166

(2)

chart.exception class hierarchy

168

(1)

chart.factory class hierarchy

168

(1)

chart.log class hierarchy

169

(1)

chart.model class hierarchy

169

(1)

chart.model.attribute interface hierarchy

170

(2)

chart.model.attribute class hierarchy

172

(1)

chart.model.component interface hierarchy

173

(1)

chart.model.data interface hierarchy

174

(2)

chart.model.layout interface hierarchy

176

(1)

chart.model.type interface hierarchy

176

(1)

chart.render hierarchy

177

(1)

chart.script hierarchy

178

(1)

chart.util class hierarchy

179

(2)

Programming with the BIRT Reporting APIs

181

(38)

Building a reporting application

182

(3)

About the environment for a reporting application

183

(1)

About plug-ins used by the report engine

183

(1)

About libraries used by the report engine

184

(1)

About required JDBC drivers

185

(1)

Modifying a report design with the API

185

(1)

Generating reports from an application

185

(19)

Setting up the report engine

186

(1)

Configuring the engine home

186

(1)

Configuring the report engine

187

(1)

Setting up a stand-alone or WAR file environment

188

(2)

Using the logging environment to debug an application

190

(1)

Opening a source for report generation

190

(1)

Understanding an IReportRunnable object

191

(1)

Understanding an IReportDocument object

191

(1)

Accessing a report parameter programmatically

192

(7)

Preparing to generate the report

199

(1)

Setting the parameter values for running a report design

200

(1)

Setting up the rendering options

200

(1)

Setting up the rendering context

200

(2)

Providing an external connection to run a report design

202

(1)

Generating the formatted output programmatically

203

(1)

Accessing the formatted report

203

(1)

About programming with a report design

204

(15)

About BIRT model API capabilities

205

(1)

Opening a report design programmatically for editing

206

(1)

Configuring the design engine to access a design handle

206

(1)

Using an IReportRunnable object to access a design handle

206

(1)

Using a report item in a report design

207

(1)

Accessing a report item by name

207

(1)

Accessing a report item by iterating through a slot

207

(1)

Examining a report item programmatically

208

(1)

Accessing the properties of a report item

208

(2)

Modifying a report item in a report design programmatically

210

(1)

Accessing and setting complex properties

211

(2)

Adding a report item to a report design programmatically

213

(1)

Accessing a data source and data set with the API

214

(1)

About data source classes

214

(1)

About data set classes

215

(1)

Using a data set programmatically

215

(2)

Saving a report design programmatically

217

(1)

Creating a report design programmatically

217

(2)

Programming with the BIRT Charting APIs

219

(32)

About the environment for building a charting application

220

(1)

Verifying the development environment for charting applications

221

(1)

Using the charting API to modify an existing chart

222

(3)

Getting a Chart object from the report design

222

(1)

Modifying chart properties

222

(1)

Modifying axes properties

223

(1)

Modifying plot properties

223

(1)

Modifying the legend properties

223

(1)

Modifying the series properties

224

(1)

Adding a series to a chart

224

(1)

Adding a chart event handler to a charting application

224

(1)

Adding a Java chart event handler to a charting application

224

(1)

Adding a JavaScript chart event handler to a charting application

225

(1)

Using the charting APIs to create a new chart

225

(14)

Creating the chart instance object

226

(1)

Setting the properties of the chart instance object

227

(1)

Setting the chart color and bounds

227

(1)

Setting plot properties

227

(1)

Setting legend properties

227

(1)

Setting legend line properties

227

(1)

Setting axes properties

228

(1)

Creating a category series

228

(1)

Creating a y-series

228

(1)

Defining the y-series queries

229

(1)

Setting the y-series properties

229

(1)

Setting the properties of the x- and y-series

230

(1)

Adding a series definition to the Axis object

230

(1)

Adding series, queries, and categories to the series definitions

230

(1)

Creating sample data

231

(1)

Getting an element factory object

231

(1)

Getting an extended item handle object

231

(1)

Setting the chart.instance property on the report item

231

(1)

Getting a data set from the report design

232

(1)

Binding the chart to the data set

232

(1)

Adding the new chart to the report design

232

(1)

Saving the report design after adding the chart

232

(1)

Putting it all together

233

(6)

Using the BIRT charting API in a Java Swing application

239

(7)

Understanding the chart programming examples

246

(5)

DataCharts

246

(1)

GroupOnXSeries

246

(1)

GroupOnYAxis

246

(1)

AutoDataBinding

247

(1)

FormatCharts

247

(1)

InteractivityCharts

247

(1)

PDFChartGenerator

247

(1)

StyleProcessor

248

(1)

ScriptViewer

248

(1)

Viewer

248

(1)

ChartWizardLauncher

249

(1)

Report

250

(1)

Preference

250

(1)

Part V Working with the Extension Framework

251

(214)

Building the BIRT Project

253

(14)

About building the BIRT project

253

(3)

Assuring that you have the correct software on your system

254

(1)

Configuring the Eclipse workspace to compile BIRT

254

(2)

Creating Eclipse projects

256

(6)

Specifying the repository locations

257

(2)

Checking out the BIRT source

259

(2)

Adding the extra JAR file

261

(1)

Building the web viewer

262

(5)

Extending BIRT

267

(32)

Overview of the extension framework

267

(1)

Understanding the structure of a BIRT plug-in

268

(7)

Understanding an extension point schema definition file

268

(3)

Understanding a plug-in manifest file

271

(1)

Understanding a plug-in run-time class

272

(3)

Working with the Eclipse PDE

275

(4)

Understanding plug-in project properties

277

(1)

Understanding the Eclipse PDE Workbench

277

(2)

Creating the structure of a plug-in extension

279

(4)

Creating the plug-in extension content

283

(4)

Building a plug-in extension

287

(4)

Generating an Ant build script

290

(1)

Testing a plug-in extension

291

(1)

Deploying the extension plug-in

291

(6)

Installing feature updates and managing the Eclipse configuration

293

(1)

Creating an update site project

294

(3)

Downloading the code for the extension examples

297

(2)

Developing a Report Item Extension

299

(30)

Understanding a report item extension

299

(2)

Developing the sample report item extension

301

(15)

Downloading BIRT source code from the CVS repository

302

(1)

Creating a rotated label report item plug-in project

302

(3)

Defining the dependencies for the rotated label report item extension

305

(2)

Specifying the run-time package for the rotated label report item extension

307

(1)

Declaring the report item extension points

307

(5)

Creating the plug-in extension content

312

(4)

Understanding the rotated label report item extension

316

(8)

Understanding RotatedLabelItemFactoryImpl

318

(1)

Understanding RotatedLabelUI

319

(1)

Understanding RotatedLabelPresentationImpl

319

(1)

Understanding RotatedLabelReportItemImpl

320

(1)

Understanding RotatedLabelPropertyEditUIImpl

320

(1)

Understanding GraphicsUtil

321

(3)

Deploying and testing the rotated label report item plug-in

324

(5)

Deploying a report item extension

324

(1)

Launching the rotated label report item plug-in

324

(5)

Developing a Report Rendering Extension

329

(36)

Understanding a report rendering extension

329

(1)

Developing the CSV report rendering extension

330

(20)

Downloading BIRT source code from the CVS repository

330

(1)

Creating a CSV report rendering plug-in project

331

(3)

Defining the dependencies for the CSV report rendering extension

334

(1)

Declaring the emitters extension point

335

(2)

Understanding the sample CSV report rendering extension

337

(1)

Implementing the emitter interfaces

337

(2)

Implementing the content interfaces

339

(2)

Understanding the CSV report rendering extension package

341

(1)

Understanding CSVReportEmitter

341

(7)

Understanding CSVTags

348

(1)

Understanding CSVWriter

348

(1)

Understanding the BIRT report engine API package

348

(1)

Understanding RenderOptionBase

349

(1)

Understanding CSVRenderOption

349

(1)

Understanding EngineConstants

349

(1)

Testing the CSV report rendering plug-in

350

(15)

Launching the CSV report rendering plug-in

353

(4)

About ExecuteReport class

357

(2)

About the report design XML code

359

(6)

Developing an ODA Extension

365

(100)

Understanding an ODA extension

366

(1)

Developing the CSV ODA driver extensions

366

(2)

About the CSV ODA plug-ins

367

(1)

Downloading BIRT source code from the CVS repository

367

(1)

Implementing the CSV ODA driver plug-in

368

(11)

Defining the dependencies for the CSV ODA driver extension

370

(1)

Specifying the run-time settings for the CSV ODA driver extension

370

(1)

Declaring the ODA data source extension point

371

(8)

Understanding the sample CSV ODA driver extension

379

(11)

Implementing the DTP ODA interfaces

379

(2)

Understanding the CSV ODA extension package

381

(1)

Understanding CSVFileDriver

382

(1)

Understanding CSVFileQuery

382

(3)

Understanding ResultSet

385

(2)

Understanding ResultSetMetaData

387

(1)

Understanding DataSetMetaData

388

(1)

Understanding Messages

388

(1)

Understanding DataTypes

388

(1)

Understanding CommonConstant

389

(1)

Developing the CSV ODA UI extension

390

(13)

Creating the CSV ODA UI plug-in project

390

(2)

Defining the dependencies for the CSV ODA UI extension

392

(1)

Specifying the run-time settings for the CSV ODA UI extension

393

(1)

Declaring the ODA data source UI extension point

393

(10)

Understanding the sample CSV ODA UI extension

403

(11)

Implementing the ODA data source and data set wizards

404

(1)

Understanding the org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.csv.ui.wizards package

405

(1)

Understanding Constants

405

(1)

Understanding CSVFilePropertyPage

406

(1)

Understanding CSVFileSelectionPageHelper

406

(2)

Understanding CSVFileSelectionWizardPage

408

(1)

Understanding FileSelectionWizardPage

409

(5)

Testing the CSV ODA UI plug-in

414

(5)

Developing a Hibernate ODA extension

419

(46)

Creating the Hibernate ODA driver plug-in project

420

(6)

Understanding the sample Hibernate ODA driver extension

426

(2)

Understanding HibernateDriver

428

(1)

Understanding Connection

428

(2)

Understanding DataSetMetaData

430

(1)

Understanding Statement

431

(4)

Understanding ResultSet

435

(1)

Understanding HibernateUtil

436

(3)

Building the Hibernate ODA driver plug-in

439

(2)

Developing the Hibernate ODA UI extension

441

(7)

Understanding the sample Hibernate ODA UI extension

448

(1)

Understanding HibernatePageHelper

449

(3)

Understanding HibernateDataSourceWizard

452

(1)

Understanding HibernatePropertyPage

452

(1)

Understanding HibernateHqlSelectionPage

452

(6)

Building the Hibernate ODA UI plug-in

458

(2)

Testing the Hibernate ODA UI plug-in

460

(5)

Glossary

465

(60)

Index

525

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