Jasper Reports

Question

Hi,

We have a CGI based web report framework written in C/C++. The CGI client connects with proprietery code

which in turn connects to database.

We are looking for a better Java based replacement for CGI due to performance, maintenance and probably

security factors. Can Jasper connect with the proprietery code? Or will Servlet be enough to replace CGI

client? Can jasper run on Tomcat?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Jasper works great in Tomcat. JasperReports is not limited to using SQL as a data source - it would be pretty easy to write your own data provider that interacts with your proprietary code.

If the proprietary code is native, you'll have to figure out how to handle that part of it, though...

Answer 2

It's been a while but I remember it being really, really easy to create your own datasource in JasperReports.

See JRDataSource under API Docs

Answer 3

You (or anyone else with a similar question) can check out this partial custom data source example to get started. I've found Jasper Reports to be quite easy to set up a basic system and integrate with. The documentation is not quite complete, but the code is somewhat more understandable than BIRT. Data from Java beans, Hibernate, and POJOs is all usable...