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vikram
vikram

Reputation: 69

PDF to Jasper XML

I have a PDF file (softcopy) which was created using iText. Now my company decided to use JasperReports for new release. I need to use that PDF file (softcopy) and need to design JasperReports template and need to populate data.

Do we have any plugin in JasperReports that can convert from PDF to JasperReports JRXML or what do I need to do? Any suggestions?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 12251

Answers (2)

jechaviz
jechaviz

Reputation: 551

You can use http://xmlprinter.com/ and then use a xslt to transform the resulted xml to the desired jrxml.

I'm working in it. If I finish it, i will post the result on github or any other public and open place.

Good Luck

Upvotes: 1

Mansuro
Mansuro

Reputation: 4627

A PDF is a description of how to render a document on a page. Things like "draw a vertical line here", "write 'foo bar baz' here in Courier". It does not contain any information about the format or organisation of the stuff it is rendering. You won't be able to tell that you're looking at a table, or a list of bullet points, or a paragraph, or anything like that.

The PDF format does contain information on a page-by-page basis. Therefore, page breaks are the one piece of format/organisation information that you can find.

If you want anything more than a raw stream of completely unformatted, disorganised text, one per page, you are out of luck. It's virtually impossible.

from javaranch

Upvotes: 3

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