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Amira
Amira

Reputation: 3270

Getting JasperPrint object from .jasper file

I'm trying to get a JRPrint object so here's the code :

import java.io.File;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.*;

public class TestClass {
 protected static JasperPrint jasperPrint;
 static JasperReport jasperReport;
 protected static JasperReportsContext jasperReportsContext;

 public static void main(String[] args) {
String fileName = "/home/amira/Desktop/Map/testReports/test/textreport.jasper";
boolean isXMLFile = false;

if (!isXMLFile && fileName.endsWith(".jrxml"))
{
    isXMLFile = true;
}

try
{
  loadReportJrprint(fileName, isXMLFile, DefaultJasperReportsContext.getInstance());
}
catch (JRException e)
{

    System.err.println("Error viewing report design."+ e);

    System.exit(1);
}

try {
  JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdfFile(fileName);
} catch (JRException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
}

 }


protected static void loadReportJrprint(String fileName, boolean isXmlReport, JasperReportsContext jasperReportsContext) throws JRException
{
    if (isXmlReport)
    {
      jasperPrint = JRPrintXmlLoader.loadFromFile(jasperReportsContext, fileName);
      System.out.println(jasperPrint.getName());

    }
    else
    {
      jasperPrint = (JasperPrint)JRLoader.loadObjectFromFile(fileName);
    }

}
}

But i'm getting this error :

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperReport cannot be cast to net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperPrint
at TestClass.loadReportJrprint(TestClass.java:80)
at TestClass.main(TestClass.java:50)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 7246

Answers (1)

Samuel Peter
Samuel Peter

Reputation: 4166

A .jasper file is mereley a compiled .jrxml, so what you are retrieving is a JasperReport object which describes a compiled template. To get a JasperPrint object, which describes a document ready to be viewed or exported, you have to fill the report first with one of the JasperFillManager.fill methods. See the javadoc for JasperFillManager.

Upvotes: 3

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