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Seam (BIRT) Recipe

Revision as of 15:35, 19 May 2008 by Mgrofcik.gmail.com (Talk | contribs) (Simple recipe how you can taste BIRT inside Seam framework. Detailed description how to integrate BIRT & Seam)

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Set up environment

Get started with Seam

#Generated by seam setup
#Sun May 11 07:49:04 CEST 2008
hibernate.connection.password=
workspace.home=/home/user/projects
model.package=org.seambirt.sample.entity
driver.jar=lib/hsqldb.jar
action.package=org.seambirt.sample
test.package=org.seambirt.sample.test
database.type=hsql
richfaces.skin=deepMarine
hibernate.default_catalog.null=
hibernate.default_schema.null=
database.drop=n
project.name=seambirt
hibernate.connection.username=sa
hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
hibernate.cache.provider_class=org.hibernate.cache.HashtableCacheProvider
project.type=ear
icefaces.home=
database.exists=n
jboss.home=/opt/jboss-4.2.2.GA
hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect
hibernate.connection.url=jdbc\:hsqldb\:.
  • Generate new entity ($ seam new-entity). I named it SampleReport.
  • [OPTIONAL] Include Seam project into your IDE. Eclipse Users: Add the project

into Eclipse using File > New > Project and select General > Project (not Java Project). NetBeans Users: Open the project in NetBeans.

Get started with BIRT

cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/com.ibm.icu_3.6.1.v20070906.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/commons-cli-1.0.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/coreapi.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/dataadapterapi.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/dteapi.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/engineapi.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/flute.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/chartengineapi.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/js.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/modelapi.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/modelodaapi.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/odadesignapi.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/org.apache.commons.codec_1.3.0.v200706111738.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/org.eclipse.emf.common_2.2.1.v200702131851.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi_2.2.2.v200702131851.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/org.eclipse.emf.ecore_2.2.2.v200702131851.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/org.w3c.css.sac_1.3.0.v200706111724.jar $PROJECT/lib
cp $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/lib/scriptapi.jar $PROJECT/lib
  • Copy dir (include subdirs) from $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/platform to $PROJECT/resources/WEB-INF/platform
cp -r $BIRT_RUNTIME/WebViewerExample/WEB-INF/platform $PROJECT/resources/WEB-INF/platform

Integrate

Change project defaults

  • Change ant script $PROJECT/build.xml
    • Add property
<property name="birt.platform.dir" value="resources/WEB-INF/platform" />
    • Change war target:
<target name="war" depends="compile" description="Build the distribution .war file">
                <copy todir="${war.dir}">
                        <fileset dir="${basedir}/view" />
                        <fileset dir="${basedir}/resources">
                                <include name="Reports/**/*" />
                        </fileset>
                </copy>
....
<copy todir="${war.dir}/WEB-INF/lib">
                        <fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
                                <include name="richfaces-impl*.jar" />
                                <include name="richfaces-ui*.jar" />
                                <include name="oscache*.jar" />
                                <include name="commons-digester.jar" />
                                <include name="commons-beanutils.jar" />
                                <include name="jsf-facelets.jar" />
                                <include name="jboss-seam-*.jar" />
                                <exclude name="jboss-seam-gen.jar" />
                                <!-- BIRT -->
                                <include name="seam-birt.jar" />
                                <include name="com.ibm.icu_3.6.1.v20070906.jar" />
                                <include name="commons-cli-1.0.jar" />
                                <include name="coreapi.jar" />
                                <include name="dataadapterapi.jar" />
                                <include name="dteapi.jar" />
                                <include name="engineapi.jar" />
                                <include name="flute.jar" />
                                <include name="chartengineapi.jar" />
                                <include name="js.jar" />
                                <include name="modelapi.jar" />
                                <include name="modelodaapi.jar" />
                                <include name="odadesignapi.jar" />
                                <include name="org.apache.commons.codec_1.3.0.v200706111738.jar" />
                                <include name="org.eclipse.emf.common_2.2.1.v200702131851.jar" />
                                <include name="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi_2.2.2.v200702131851.jar" />
                                <include name="org.eclipse.emf.ecore_2.2.2.v200702131851.jar" />
                                <include name="org.w3c.css.sac_1.3.0.v200706111724.jar" />
                                <include name="scriptapi.jar" />
                        </fileset>
                </copy>
                <copy todir="${war.dir}/WEB-INF/platform/">
                        <fileset dir="${birt.platform.dir}" />
                </copy>

build.xml all in one:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
<project name="seambirt" default="deploy" basedir=".">
 
	<!-- Give user a chance to override without editing this file or typing -D -->
	<property file="${basedir}/build.properties" />
 
	<property name="profile" value="dev" />
	<property file="build-${profile}.properties" />
 
	<!-- set global properties for this build -->
	<property name="project.name" value="seambirt" />
	<property name="dist.dir" value="dist" />
	<property name="src.model.dir" value="src/model" />
	<property name="src.action.dir" value="src/action" />
	<property name="src.test.dir" value="src/test" />
	<property name="lib.dir" value="lib" />
	<property name="ear.dir" value="exploded-archives/${project.name}.ear" />
	<property name="jar.dir" value="exploded-archives/${project.name}.jar" />
	<property name="war.dir" value="exploded-archives/${project.name}.war" />
	<property name="test.dir" value="test-build" />
	<property name="bootstrap.dir" value="${basedir}/bootstrap" />
	<property name="deploy.dir" value="${jboss.home}/server/default/deploy" />
	<property name="ear.deploy.dir" value="${deploy.dir}/${project.name}.ear" />
	<property name="jar.deploy.dir" value="${ear.deploy.dir}/${project.name}.jar" />
	<property name="war.deploy.dir" value="${ear.deploy.dir}/${project.name}.war" />
	<property name="testng.jar" value="${basedir}/lib/testng.jar" />
	<property name="javac.debug" value="true" />
	<property name="javac.deprecation" value="false" />
	<property name="debug" value="false" />
	<property name="birt.platform.dir" value="resources/WEB-INF/platform" />
 
	<!--Properties for validating configuration files -->
	<property name="validate.resources.dir" value="${basedir}/exploded-archives" />
	<property name="schema.dir" value="${basedir}/exploded-archives/schemas" />
	<property name="src.schema.dir" value="${schema.dir}/org/jboss/seam" />
	<property name="schema.version" value="2.0" />
 
	<fileset id="lib" dir="${lib.dir}">
		<include name="*.jar" />
	</fileset>
 
	<path id="build.classpath">
		<fileset refid="lib" />
	</path>
 
	<target name="init" description="Initialize the build">
		<mkdir dir="${jar.dir}" />
		<mkdir dir="${ear.dir}" />
		<mkdir dir="${war.dir}" />
		<mkdir dir="${dist.dir}" />
	</target>
 
	<target name="compile" depends="init" description="Compile the Java source code" unless="eclipse.running">
		<javac classpathref="build.classpath" destdir="${jar.dir}" debug="${javac.debug}" deprecation="${javac.deprecation}" nowarn="on">
			<src path="${src.model.dir}" />
			<src path="${src.action.dir}" />
		</javac>
	</target>
 
	<target name="copyclasses" depends="init" description="Copy the classes that were compiled by eclipse" if="eclipse.running">
		<copy todir="${jar.dir}">
			<fileset dir="classes/model">
				<include name="**/*.class" />
			</fileset>
			<fileset dir="classes/action">
				<include name="**/*.class" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
	</target>
 
	<target name="jar" depends="compile,copyclasses" description="Build the distribution .jar file">
		<copy todir="${jar.dir}">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources">
				<include name="seam.properties" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${jar.dir}/META-INF">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources/META-INF">
				<include name="ejb-jar.xml" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
		<copy tofile="${jar.dir}/META-INF/persistence.xml" file="${basedir}/resources/META-INF/persistence-${profile}.xml" overwrite="true" />
		<copy tofile="${jar.dir}/import.sql" file="${basedir}/resources/import-${profile}.sql" overwrite="true" />
	</target>
 
	<target name="war" depends="compile" description="Build the distribution .war file">
		<copy todir="${war.dir}">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/view" />
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources">
				<include name="Reports/**/*" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${war.dir}/WEB-INF">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources/WEB-INF">
				<include name="*.*" />
				<include name="classes/**/*.*" />
				<exclude name="classes/**/*.class" />
			</fileset>
			<filterset>
				<filter token="debug" value="${debug}" />
				<filter token="jndiPattern" value="${project.name}/#{ejbName}/local" />
				<filter token="embeddedEjb" value="false" />
			</filterset>
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${war.dir}/WEB-INF">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources/WEB-INF">
				<include name="lib/*.*" />
				<include name="classes/**/*.class" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${war.dir}/WEB-INF/lib">
			<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
				<include name="richfaces-impl*.jar" />
				<include name="richfaces-ui*.jar" />
				<include name="oscache*.jar" />
				<include name="commons-digester.jar" />
				<include name="commons-beanutils.jar" />
				<include name="jsf-facelets.jar" />
				<include name="jboss-seam-*.jar" />
				<exclude name="jboss-seam-gen.jar" />
				<!-- BIRT -->
				<include name="seam-birt.jar" />
				<include name="com.ibm.icu_3.6.1.v20070906.jar" />
				<include name="commons-cli-1.0.jar" />
				<include name="coreapi.jar" />
				<include name="dataadapterapi.jar" />
				<include name="dteapi.jar" />
				<include name="engineapi.jar" />
				<include name="flute.jar" />
				<include name="chartengineapi.jar" />
				<include name="js.jar" />
				<include name="modelapi.jar" />
				<include name="modelodaapi.jar" />
				<include name="odadesignapi.jar" />
				<include name="org.apache.commons.codec_1.3.0.v200706111738.jar" />
				<include name="org.eclipse.emf.common_2.2.1.v200702131851.jar" />
				<include name="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi_2.2.2.v200702131851.jar" />
				<include name="org.eclipse.emf.ecore_2.2.2.v200702131851.jar" />
				<include name="org.w3c.css.sac_1.3.0.v200706111724.jar" />
				<include name="scriptapi.jar" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${war.dir}/WEB-INF/platform/">
			<fileset dir="${birt.platform.dir}" />
		</copy>
 
		<copy todir="${war.dir}/WEB-INF/classes">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources">
				<include name="messages*.properties" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
	</target>
 
	<target name="ear" description="Build the EAR">
		<copy todir="${ear.dir}">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources">
				<include name="*jpdl.xml" />
				<include name="hibernate.cfg.xml" />
				<include name="jbpm.cfg.xml" />
				<include name="*.drl" />
			</fileset>
			<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
				<include name="jboss-seam.jar" />
			</fileset>
			<fileset dir="${basedir}">
				<include name="lib/jbpm*.jar" />
				<include name="lib/jboss-el.jar" />
				<include name="lib/drools-*.jar" />
				<include name="lib/janino-*.jar" />
				<include name="lib/antlr-*.jar" />
				<include name="lib/mvel*.jar" />
				<include name="lib/richfaces-api*.jar" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${ear.dir}/META-INF">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources/META-INF">
				<include name="application.xml" />
				<include name="jboss-app.xml" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
	</target>
 
	<target name="archive" depends="jar,war,ear" description="Package the archives">
		<jar jarfile="${dist.dir}/${project.name}.jar" basedir="${jar.dir}" />
		<jar jarfile="${dist.dir}/${project.name}.war" basedir="${war.dir}" />
		<jar jarfile="${dist.dir}/${project.name}.ear">
			<fileset dir="${ear.dir}" />
			<fileset dir="${dist.dir}">
				<include name="${project.name}.jar" />
				<include name="${project.name}.war" />
			</fileset>
		</jar>
	</target>
 
	<target name="datasource">
		<fail unless="jboss.home">jboss.home not set</fail>
		<copy todir="${deploy.dir}">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources">
				<include name="${project.name}-${profile}-ds.xml" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
	</target>
 
	<target name="explode" depends="jar,war,ear,datasource" description="Deploy the exploded archive">
		<fail unless="jboss.home">jboss.home not set</fail>
 
		<mkdir dir="${jar.deploy.dir}" />
		<mkdir dir="${war.deploy.dir}" />
 
		<copy todir="${jar.deploy.dir}">
			<fileset dir="${jar.dir}" />
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${war.deploy.dir}">
			<fileset dir="${war.dir}" />
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${ear.deploy.dir}">
			<fileset dir="${ear.dir}" />
		</copy>
	</target>
 
	<target name="unexplode" description="Undeploy the exploded archive">
		<delete failonerror="no">
			<fileset dir="${ear.deploy.dir}">
				<exclude name="**/*.jar" />
			</fileset>
		</delete>
		<delete file="${deploy.dir}/${project.name}-${profile}-ds.xml" failonerror="no" />
		<delete dir="${ear.deploy.dir}" failonerror="no" />
	</target>
 
	<target name="restart" depends="explode" description="Restart the exploded archive">
		<touch file="${ear.deploy.dir}/META-INF/application.xml" />
	</target>
 
	<target name="deploy" depends="archive,datasource" description="Deploy to JBoss AS">
		<fail unless="jboss.home">jboss.home not set</fail>
		<copy todir="${deploy.dir}" file="${dist.dir}/${project.name}.ear" />
	</target>
 
	<target name="undeploy" description="Undeploy the example from JBoss">
		<delete file="${deploy.dir}/${project.name}.ear" />
		<delete file="${deploy.dir}/${project.name}-dev-ds.xml" />
		<delete file="${deploy.dir}/${project.name}-prod-ds.xml" />
	</target>
 
	<target name="clean" description="Cleans up the build directory">
		<delete dir="${dist.dir}" />
		<delete dir="${ear.dir}" />
		<delete dir="${war.dir}" />
		<delete dir="${jar.dir}" />
		<delete dir="${src.schema.dir}" failonerror="no" />
		<delete dir="${basedir}/test-report" />
		<delete dir="${basedir}/test-output" />
		<delete failonerror="no">
			<fileset dir="${test.dir}">
				<exclude name="**/*.class" if="eclipse.running" />
			</fileset>
		</delete>
	</target>
 
	<target name="compiletest" unless="eclipse.running" description="Compile the Java source code for the tests">
		<mkdir dir="${test.dir}" />
		<javac classpathref="build.classpath" destdir="${test.dir}" debug="${javac.debug}" deprecation="${javac.deprecation}" nowarn="on">
			<src path="${src.action.dir}" />
			<src path="${src.model.dir}" />
			<src path="${src.test.dir}" />
		</javac>
	</target>
 
	<target name="copytestclasses" if="eclipse.running" description="Copy classes compiled by eclipse to the test dir">
		<mkdir dir="${test.dir}" />
		<copy todir="${test.dir}">
			<fileset dir="classes/model">
				<include name="**/*.class" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${test.dir}">
			<fileset dir="classes/action">
				<include name="**/*.class" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
		<copy todir="${test.dir}">
			<fileset dir="classes/test">
				<include name="**/*.class" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
	</target>
 
	<target name="buildtest" depends="compiletest,copytestclasses" description="Build the tests">
		<copy todir="${test.dir}">
			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources">
				<exclude name="META-INF/persistence*.xml" />
				<exclude name="import*.sql" />
				<exclude name="${project.name}-*-ds.xml" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
		<copy tofile="${test.dir}/META-INF/persistence.xml" file="${basedir}/resources/META-INF/persistence-test.xml" overwrite="true" />
		<copy tofile="${test.dir}/import.sql" file="${basedir}/resources/import-test.sql" overwrite="true" />
		<copy todir="${test.dir}" flatten="true">
			<fileset dir="${src.test.dir}">
				<include name="**/*Test.xml" />
			</fileset>
		</copy>
	</target>
 
	<target name="test" depends="buildtest" description="Run the tests">
		<taskdef resource="testngtasks" classpath="${testng.jar}" />
		<path id="test.path">
			<path path="${test.dir}" />
			<fileset dir="${lib.dir}/test">
				<include name="*.jar" />
			</fileset>
			<path path="${bootstrap.dir}" />
			<path refid="build.classpath" />
		</path>
		<testng outputdir="${basedir}/test-report">
			<classpath refid="test.path" />
			<xmlfileset dir="${test.dir}" includes="*Test.xml" />
		</testng>
	</target>
 
	<target name="validateConfiguration" depends="war,ear,jar" description="Validate the xml configuration files">
		<mkdir dir="${schema.dir}" />
		<unjar src="${lib.dir}/jboss-seam.jar" dest="${schema.dir}">
			<patternset>
				<include name="org/jboss/seam/*.xsd" />
				<include name="org/jboss/seam/*.dtd" />
			</patternset>
		</unjar>
		<ant antfile="validate.xml" target="validateConfiguration" />
	</target>
 
</project>

Code Seam-BIRT servlet

  • Make two new classes in the project (e.g. in $PROJECT/src/action dir)
    • org.jboss.seam.pdf.birt.BirtEngine
package org.jboss.seam.pdf.birt;
 
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.logging.Level;
 
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 
import org.eclipse.birt.core.exception.BirtException;
import org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.IPlatformContext;
import org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.Platform;
import org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.PlatformServletContext;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.EngineConfig;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.IReportEngine;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.IReportEngineFactory;
 
public class BirtEngine {
 
	private static IReportEngine birtEngine = null;
 
	private static Properties configProps = new Properties();
 
	private final static String configFile = "BirtConfig.properties";
 
	public static synchronized void initBirtConfig() {
		loadEngineProps();
	}
 
	public static synchronized IReportEngine getBirtEngine(ServletContext sc) {
		if (birtEngine == null) {
			EngineConfig config = new EngineConfig();
			if (configProps != null) {
				String logLevel = configProps.getProperty("logLevel");
				Level level = Level.OFF;
				if ("SEVERE".equalsIgnoreCase(logLevel)) {
					level = Level.SEVERE;
				} else if ("WARNING".equalsIgnoreCase(logLevel)) {
					level = Level.WARNING;
				} else if ("INFO".equalsIgnoreCase(logLevel)) {
					level = Level.INFO;
				} else if ("CONFIG".equalsIgnoreCase(logLevel)) {
					level = Level.CONFIG;
				} else if ("FINE".equalsIgnoreCase(logLevel)) {
					level = Level.FINE;
				} else if ("FINER".equalsIgnoreCase(logLevel)) {
					level = Level.FINER;
				} else if ("FINEST".equalsIgnoreCase(logLevel)) {
					level = Level.FINEST;
				} else if ("OFF".equalsIgnoreCase(logLevel)) {
					level = Level.OFF;
				}
 
				config.setLogConfig(configProps.getProperty("logDirectory"),
						level);
			}
 
			config.setEngineHome("");
			IPlatformContext context = new PlatformServletContext(sc);
			config.setPlatformContext(context);
 
			try {
				Platform.startup(config);
			} catch (BirtException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
 
			IReportEngineFactory factory = (IReportEngineFactory) Platform
					.createFactoryObject(IReportEngineFactory.EXTENSION_REPORT_ENGINE_FACTORY);
			birtEngine = factory.createReportEngine(config);
 
		}
		return birtEngine;
	}
 
	public static synchronized void destroyBirtEngine() {
		if (birtEngine == null) {
			return;
		}
		birtEngine.shutdown();
		Platform.shutdown();
		birtEngine = null;
	}
 
	public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
		throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
	}
 
	private static void loadEngineProps() {
		try {
			// Config File must be in classpath
			ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
			InputStream in = null;
			in = cl.getResourceAsStream(configFile);
			configProps.load(in);
			in.close();
 
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
 
	}
 
}
    • org.jboss.seam.pdf.birt.DocumentStoreServlet
package org.jboss.seam.pdf.birt;
 
import java.io.IOException;
 
public class DocumentStoreServlet extends HttpServlet {
	protected IReportEngine engine;
	protected IFragment requester;
 
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 519600274155718202L;
 
	public void init(ServletConfig servletconfig) throws ServletException {
		super.init(servletconfig);
		BirtEngine.initBirtConfig();
	}
 
	@Override
	protected void doGet(final HttpServletRequest request,
			final HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException,
			IOException {
 
		new ContextualHttpServletRequest(request) {
			@Override
			public void process() throws ServletException, IOException {
				try {
					executeReport( request, response);
				} catch (EngineException e) {
					log("executeReport error", e);
				}
 
			}
		}.run();
 
	}
 
 
	void executeReport(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws EngineException {
 
        //resp.setContentType("text/html");
        response.setContentType( "application/pdf" ); 
        response.setHeader ("Content-Disposition","inline; filename=test.pdf");           
        String reportName = request.getServletPath();
        ServletContext sc = request.getSession().getServletContext();
        this.engine = BirtEngine.getBirtEngine(sc);
 
 
        IReportRunnable design;
        try
        {
                //Open report design
       		design = engine.openReportDesign( sc.getRealPath("./")+reportName.substring(0, reportName.length() -4) + ".xhtml" );
                //create task to run and render report
                IRunAndRenderTask task = engine.createRunAndRenderTask( design );             
                task.getAppContext().put(EngineConstants.APPCONTEXT_CLASSLOADER_KEY, DocumentStoreServlet.class.getClassLoader()); 
                //set output options
                //HTMLRenderOption options = new HTMLRenderOption();
                PDFRenderOption options = new PDFRenderOption();
                //options.setOutputFormat(HTMLRenderOption.OUTPUT_FORMAT_HTML);
                options.setOutputFormat(HTMLRenderOption.OUTPUT_FORMAT_PDF);
                options.setOutputStream(response.getOutputStream());
                //options.setBaseImageURL(req.getContextPath()+"/images");
                //options.setImageDirectory(sc.getRealPath("/images"));
                task.setRenderOption(options);
 
                //run report
                task.run();
                task.close();
        }catch (IOException e){
 
                e.printStackTrace();
                return;
        }
 
 
		System.out.println("Finished");
	}
 
	/**
	 * Destruction of the servlet. 
 
	 */
	public void destroy() {
	 super.destroy(); 
	 BirtEngine.destroyBirtEngine();
	}
}
  • Add BIRT pdf servlet to $PROJECT/resources/WEB-INF/web.xml (see attached web.xml).
....
  <!--  BIRT PDF servlet -->
   <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Document Store Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.jboss.seam.pdf.birt.DocumentStoreServlet</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
 
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Document Store Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.pdf</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
...

Make BIRT report

  • make sample.xhtml report (rptdesign)

Instantiate Seam component by

...
            <method name="open"><![CDATA[var reports = Packages.org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance("sampleReportList", true);
            reportsIterator = reports.getResultList().listIterator();]]></method>
...
<source>
sample.xhtml all in one:
<source lang="xml">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<report xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/2005/design" version="3.2.15" id="1">
    <property name="createdBy">Eclipse BIRT Designer Version 2.2.1.r221_v20070924 Build &lt;2.2.0.v20070924-1550></property>
    <property name="units">in</property>
    <data-sources>
        <script-data-source name="CustomersFavorite" id="2"/>
    </data-sources>
    <data-sets>
        <script-data-set name="Favorite" id="3">
            <list-property name="resultSetHints">
                <structure>
                    <property name="position">1</property>
                    <property name="name">Name</property>
                    <property name="dataType">any</property>
                </structure>
                <structure>
                    <property name="position">2</property>
                    <property name="name">Version</property>
                    <property name="dataType">any</property>
                </structure>
                <structure>
                    <property name="position">3</property>
                    <property name="name">Id</property>
                </structure>
            </list-property>
            <list-property name="columnHints">
                <structure>
                    <property name="columnName">Name</property>
                </structure>
                <structure>
                    <property name="columnName">Version</property>
                </structure>
                <structure>
                    <property name="columnName">Id</property>
                </structure>
            </list-property>
            <structure name="cachedMetaData">
                <list-property name="resultSet">
                    <structure>
                        <property name="position">1</property>
                        <property name="name">Name</property>
                        <property name="dataType">any</property>
                    </structure>
                    <structure>
                        <property name="position">2</property>
                        <property name="name">Version</property>
                        <property name="dataType">any</property>
                    </structure>
                    <structure>
                        <property name="position">3</property>
                        <property name="name">Id</property>
                        <property name="dataType">any</property>
                    </structure>
                </list-property>
            </structure>
            <property name="dataSource">CustomersFavorite</property>
            <method name="open"><![CDATA[var reports = Packages.org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance("sampleReportList", true);
            reportsIterator = reports.getResultList().listIterator();]]></method>
            <method name="fetch"><![CDATA[if( !( reportsIterator.hasNext()) ){
	return( false );
}
 
var report = reportsIterator.next();
 
row["Name"] = report.name;
row["Version"] = report.version;
row["Id"] = new Packages.java.lang.Integer(report.id);
 
return ( true );]]></method>
            <method name="close"><![CDATA[reportsIterator = null;]]></method>
        </script-data-set>
    </data-sets>
    <page-setup>
        <simple-master-page name="Simple Master Page" id="4">
            <page-footer>
                <text id="5">
                    <property name="contentType">html</property>
                    <text-property name="content"><![CDATA[<value-of>new Date()</value-of>]]></text-property>
                </text>
            </page-footer>
        </simple-master-page>
    </page-setup>
    <body>
        <label id="46">
            <property name="textAlign">center</property>
            <text-property name="text">Sample Report</text-property>
        </label>      
        <table id="19">
            <property name="width">100%</property>
            <property name="dataSet">Favorite</property>
            <list-property name="boundDataColumns">
                <structure>
                    <property name="name">Name</property>
                    <expression name="expression">dataSetRow["Name"]</expression>
                </structure>
                <structure>
                    <property name="name">Version</property>
                    <expression name="expression">dataSetRow["Version"]</expression>
                </structure>
                <structure>
                    <property name="name">Id</property>
                    <expression name="expression">dataSetRow["Id"]</expression>
                </structure>
            </list-property>
            <column id="22">
                <property name="width">0.7368421053in</property>
            </column>
            <column id="20">
                <property name="width">1.458in</property>
                <property name="repeat">1</property>
            </column>
            <header>
                <row id="23">
                    <property name="backgroundColor">#FF8040</property>
                    <cell id="28">
                        <label id="29">
                            <property name="backgroundColor">#FF8040</property>
                            <text-property name="text">Id</text-property>
                        </label>
                    </cell>
                    <cell id="24">
                        <label id="25">
                            <property name="backgroundColor">#FF8040</property>
                            <text-property name="text">Name</text-property>
                        </label>
                    </cell>
                </row>
            </header>
            <detail>
                <row id="30">
                    <list-property name="highlightRules">
                        <structure>
                            <property name="operator">eq</property>
                            <property name="backgroundColor">#E4B07C</property>
                            <property name="color">#000000</property>
                            <expression name="testExpr">row[0]%2</expression>
                            <expression name="value1">0</expression>
                        </structure>
                    </list-property>
                    <cell id="35">
                        <data id="36">
                            <property name="resultSetColumn">Id</property>
                        </data>
                    </cell>
                    <cell id="31">
                        <data id="32">
                            <property name="resultSetColumn">Name</property>
                        </data>
                    </cell>
                </row>
            </detail>
            <footer>
                <row id="37">
                    <cell id="40"/>
                    <cell id="38"/>
                </row>
            </footer>
        </table>
    </body>
</report>
    • Add create report button to $PROJECT/view/sampleReportList.xhtml

Invalid language.

You need to specify a language like this: <source lang="html4strict">...</source>

Supported languages for syntax highlighting:

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...
<div class="actionButtons">
        <s:button id="done" 
               value="Create sampleReport"
                view="/sampleReport.xhtml"/>	
        <s:button id="report" value="Report" view="/sample.pdf?ReportName=report.rptdesign" />		  
</div>
...

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