Integrating and extending BIRT

Foreword        xix Preface          xxiAcknowledgments          xxix Part 1: Installing and Deploying BIRT         1Chapter 1: Introducing BIRT Report Designers         3Understanding BIRT components     3Understanding Eclipse BIRT packages     4About types of BIRT builds     5 Chapter 2: Installing a BIRT Report Designer         7Installing BIRT Report Designer Full Eclipse Install     7Installing BIRT RCP Report Designer     8Troubleshooting installation problems     9Installing a language pack     10Updating a BIRT Report Designer installation     11Updating BIRT RCP Report Designer installation    12 Chapter 3: Installing Other BIRT Packages          15Installing Chart Engine     15Installing BIRT Data Tools Platform Integration     17Installing BIRT Demo Database     17Installing Report Engine   19Installing BIRT Samples   21Installing BIRT Source Code    21Installing BIRT Web Tools Integration     22 Chapter 4: Deploying a BIRT Report to an Application Server          25About application servers      25Placing the BIRT report viewer on an application server     26Placing fonts on the application server     31Viewing a report using a browser     31Using connection pooling on Tomcat     32 Part 2: Understanding the BIRT Framework          37Chapter 5: Understanding the BIRT Architecture         39Understanding the BIRT integration      39About the BIRT applications     43About the types of BIRT report items     46About the Report Object Model (ROM)      47About the types of BIRT files      47About custom Java applications     49About extensions to BIRT     50 Chapter 6: Understanding the Report Object Model       51About the ROM specification    51About the ROM schema    53About the rom.def file     53Understanding ROM elements     58 Part 3: Scripting in a Report Design          61Chapter 7: Using Scripting in a Report Design         63Overview of BIRT scripting     63Events overview     64Event order sequence     71 Chapter 8: Using JavaScript to Write an Event Handler         83Using BIRT Report Designer to enter a JavaScript event handler     83Using the reportContext object     86Using the this object     93Using the row object     96Getting column information     97Getting and altering the query string     98Changing data source connection properties     99Getting a parameter value     100Determining script execution sequence     101Tutorial 1: Writing an event handler in JavaScript     103JavaScript event handler examples     107Calling external JavaScript functions    111Calling Java from JavaScript     112Calling the method of a class in a plug-in     114 Chapter 9: Using Java to Write an Event Handler        117Writing a Java event handler class     117Writing a Java event handler    123Understanding the BIRT interfaces    128Java event handler example    135Debugging a Java event handler    142 Chapter 10: Working with Chart Event Handlers    143Chart events overview    143Understanding the Chart script context    145Understanding when chart events fire    150Writing a Java chart event handler     164Writing a JavaScript chart event handler     167Using the simplified charting API     169 Chapter 11: Using Scripting to Access Data         173Using a Scripted Data Source     173Tutorial 2: Creating a scripted data source     175Creating a web services data source using a custom connection class     184 Chapter 12: Debugging Event Handlers          187Checking the syntax of JavaScript expressions     188Debugging JavaScript event handlers code     190Debugging Java event handler code     194Debugging report execution exceptions    194Creating a debug configuration     196Tutorial 3: Debugging a report that contains Java and JavaScript code     198 Part 4: Integrating BIRT into Applications           215Chapter 13: Understanding the BIRT APIs          217Package hierarchy diagrams      218About the BIRT Report Engine API      219About the Design Engine API   226About the BIRT Chart Engine API         239 Chapter 14: Programming Using the BIRT Reporting APIs            257Building a reporting application    258Generating reports from an application    262Programming the structure of a report design   289 Chapter 15: Programming Using the BIRT Charting API          307About the chart engine contents    307About the environment for a charting application    308About the charting API and the chart structure    310Using the charting API to create a new chart    312Modifying chart properties    312Using a chart item in a report design     321Using the BIRT charting API in a Java Swing application    334Understanding the chart programming examples     340 Part 5: Working with the Extension Framework          347Chapter 16: Building the BIRT Project         349About building the BIRT project     349Installing a working version of BIRT     350Configuring Eclipse to compile BIRT and build the viewer JAR files     350Downloading and extracting the correct version of the BIRT source code     353Importing, building, and testing the BIRT project     354Building new JAR files to display BIRT output     356 Chapter 17: Extending BIRT         359Overview of the extension framework     359Understanding the structure of a BIRT plug-in     359Working with the Eclipse PDE     366Creating the structure of a plug-in extension    370Creating the plug-in extension content    373Building a plug-in extension    377Deploying the extension plug-in   381Downloading the code for the extension examples    384 Chapter 18: Developing a Report Item Extension           387Understanding a report item extension    387Developing the sample report item extension    389Understanding the rotated label report item extension     404Deploying and testing the rotated label report item plug-in     412Developing an advanced report item    416 Chapter 19: Developing a Report Rendering Extension          465Understanding a report rendering extension     465Developing a CSV report rendering extension     466Developing an XML report rendering extension     494 Chapter 20: Developing an ODA Extension           509Understanding an ODA extension     510Developing the CSV ODA driver extensions    511Implementing the CSV ODA driver plug-in    513Understanding the sample CSV ODA driver extension    522Developing the CSV ODA user interface extension    530Understanding the sample CSV ODA user interface extension    537Testing the CSV ODA user interface plug-in    548Developing a Hibernate ODA extension    554 Chapter 21: Developing a Data Extraction Extension          601Understanding a data extraction extension    601Developing an XML data extraction extension    602 Chapter 22: Developing a Fragment          635Understanding a fragment     635Developing the sample fragment     636Creating a fragment project     637Understanding the sample fragment     640Building, deploying, and testing a fragment     641 Chapter 23: Developing a Charting Extension             647About BIRT charting extension points   648Setting up the build environment    650Extending the chart model      652 Glossary             707Index            779