JasperReports: Getting JRRuntimeException: Error creating SAX parser

Question

We have created reports using iReport4.5.1. It is working properly in iReport.

After that we have integrated reports to our Application. We build our application using maven. Following is the JasperReports dependencies in pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
    <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
    <version>4.5.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>jasperreports-javaflow</groupId>
    <artifactId>jasperreports-javaflow</artifactId>
    <version>4.5.1</version>
</dependency>

and following is the Java code which generate the report :

String jrxmlFilePath = getConfigBundle().getString("jasper.templates.jrxml.path");
String jasperFilePath = getConfigBundle().getString("jasper.templates.jasper.path");
JasperCompileManager.compileReportToFile(jrxmlFilePath, jasperFilePath);
File jasperFile = new File(jasperFilePath);
Connection conn = setUpDataSource();
HashMap jasperParameter = setUpJasperParameterForPackingList(truckId, rackId, jasperFile);
JasperPrint jprint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(jasperFilePath, jasperParameter, conn);
ByteArrayOutputStream reportOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdfStream(jprint, reportOutputStream);
return reportOutputStream;

When I call this code it will give me following error :

ERROR - [DGU_ACTION_SERVLET] ServletException
javax.servlet.ServletException: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRuntimeException: Error creating SAX parser
    at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processException(RequestProcessor.java:535)
    at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:433)
    at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
    at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
    at com.saintgobain.dgu.mvc.action.DguActionServlet.process(DguActionServlet.java:41)
    at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:414)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:225)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1001)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRuntimeException: Error creating SAX parser
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.BaseSaxParserFactory.createParser(BaseSaxParserFactory.java:99)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlDigesterFactory.createParser(JRXmlDigesterFactory.java:1342)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlDigesterFactory.createDigester(JRXmlDigesterFactory.java:1318)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:207)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:172)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:156)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager.compileReportToFile(JasperCompileManager.java:108)
    at com.saintgobain.dgu.helper.ExportReportPDFHelper.printPackingListJasper(ExportReportPDFHelper.java:287)
    at com.saintgobain.dgu.helper.ExportReportPDFHelper.generatePDF4PackingList(ExportReportPDFHelper.java:353)
    at com.saintgobain.dgu.mvc.action.shipping.ExportShippingReportAction.execute(ExportShippingReportAction.java:79)
    at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
    ... 22 more
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException: Property: http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage
    at org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl.setProperty(XMLReaderImpl.java:266)
    at org.apache.crimson.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.setProperty(SAXParserImpl.java:183)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.BaseSaxParserFactory.configureParser(BaseSaxParserFactory.java:132)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.BaseSaxParserFactory.createParser(BaseSaxParserFactory.java:94)
    ... 32 more
ERROR - [DGU_ACTION_SERVLET] ServletException - root cause
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRuntimeException: Error creating SAX parser
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.BaseSaxParserFactory.createParser(BaseSaxParserFactory.java:99)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlDigesterFactory.createParser(JRXmlDigesterFactory.java:1342)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlDigesterFactory.createDigester(JRXmlDigesterFactory.java:1318)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:207)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:172)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:156)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager.compileReportToFile(JasperCompileManager.java:108)
    at com.saintgobain.dgu.helper.ExportReportPDFHelper.printPackingListJasper(ExportReportPDFHelper.java:287)
    at com.saintgobain.dgu.helper.ExportReportPDFHelper.generatePDF4PackingList(ExportReportPDFHelper.java:353)
    at com.saintgobain.dgu.mvc.action.shipping.ExportShippingReportAction.execute(ExportShippingReportAction.java:79)
    at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
    at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
    at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
    at com.saintgobain.dgu.mvc.action.DguActionServlet.process(DguActionServlet.java:41)
    at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:414)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:225)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1001)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException: Property: http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage
    at org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl.setProperty(XMLReaderImpl.java:266)
    at org.apache.crimson.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.setProperty(SAXParserImpl.java:183)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.BaseSaxParserFactory.configureParser(BaseSaxParserFactory.java:132)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.BaseSaxParserFactory.createParser(BaseSaxParserFactory.java:94)
    ... 32 more

1. we are using the both iReport and JasperReports version as 4.5.1
2. I have put the XercesImpl.jar (version 2.8.1) dependency in class path
3. we are using Jdk.1.6.0_33

Please help How do I remove this error?

Answer 1

As you can see from this line of the stacktrace:

org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl.setProperty(XMLReaderImpl.java:266)

the Crimson XML parser is used in your application.

The Crimson implementation does not support property value different from those values^[1]:

"http://xml.org/sax/properties/lexical-handler"

and

"http://xml.org/sax/properties/declaration-handler"

but the JasperReports engine try to use http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage property (as you can see from the stacktrace^[2]).

The iReport is using the Xerces XML parser implementation. For example, the iReport 4.7.0 and iReport 5.2.0 are using the 2.8.0 version of Xerces.

You can try to add this (Xerces) library to the pom.xml as dependency.

Notes:

_{^{[1]: See the source code of method getProperty(String) in org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl class}}.

_{^{[2]:The JR engine try to set this property for SAXParser in net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.BaseSaxParserFactory.configureParser(SAXParser) method}}.