How to create a report using Jasper Report in java

Jasper Report is an open source java reporting engine. It is a Java class library, and is not meant for end users, but rather is targeted towards Java developers who need to add reporting capabilities to their applications.

Here i am showing you, how to create a reaport with Jasper Reporting engine in Eclipse.

Requirements 

jdk 1.6

Eclipse IDE

commons-beanutils-1.8.0.jar

commons-collections-2.1.1.jar

commons-digester-2.1.jar

commons-javaflow-20060411.jar

commons-lang-2.1.jar

commons-logging-1.1.1.jar

iText-2.1.7.js2.jar

jasperreports-5.5.0.jar

mysql-connector-java-3.1.7-bin.jar

servlet-api.jar

//-------------------- Save as ReportGenerator.java ----------------------------

package com.ramsis;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRResultSetDataSource;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperExportManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperPrint;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperReport;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JasperDesign;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader;

public class ReportGenerator {

Connection conn;

public void generateReport() {

try {
//Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
//conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xe","system","ABCD");
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
//con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test","root","public");
conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/gts","root","public");
System.out.println("Loading Report Designs");
InputStream input = new FileInputStream(new File("jrxml/EmployeeReport.jrxml"));
JasperDesign jasperDesign = JRXmlLoader.load(input);

System.out.println("Compiling Report Designs");
JasperReport jasperReport = JasperCompileManager.compileReport(jasperDesign);

System.out.println("Creating JasperPrint Object");
Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<String, String>();
parameters.put("ReportTitle", "PDF JasperReport");

JasperPrint jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(jasperReport,null,conn);

//Exporting the report
OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(new File("Report/EmployeeReport4.pdf"));

JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdfStream(jasperPrint, output);

System.out.println("Report Generation Complete");
conn.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (JRException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new ReportGenerator().generateReport();
}

}


//----------------------- Save as EmployeeReport.jrxml ------------------------

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE jasperReport PUBLIC "//JasperReports//DTD Report Design//EN"
"http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/dtds/jasperreport.dtd">
<jasperReport name="EmployeeReport_aman.kumar">
<queryString>
<![CDATA[select First_Name, Last_Name from employee e]]>
</queryString>
<field name="First_Name" />
<field name="Last_Name" />
<title>
<band height="50">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="180" height="15"/>
<textElement/>
<text><![CDATA[Jasper Report - By Java]]></text>
</staticText>
</band>
</title>
<pageHeader>
<band height="30">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="69" height="24" />
<textElement verticalAlignment="Bottom" />
<text>
<![CDATA[First Name: ]]>
</text>
</staticText>
<staticText>
<reportElement x="100" y="0" width="79" height="24" />
<text>
<![CDATA[Last Name: ]]>
</text>
</staticText>
</band>
</pageHeader>
<detail>
<band height="30">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="69" height="24" />
<textFieldExpression>
<![CDATA[$F{First_Name}]]>
</textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<textField>
<reportElement x="100" y="0" width="69" height="24" />
<textFieldExpression>
<![CDATA[$F{Last_Name}]]>
</textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</band>
</detail>
</jasperReport>

Out Put:

//------------------------- Save as HelloJasper.java ---------------------

package com.ramsis;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JREmptyDataSource;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRResultSetDataSource;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperExportManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperPrint;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperReport;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JasperDesign;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader;
import net.sf.jasperreports.view.JasperViewer;

public class HelloJasper {

public static void main(String args[]){

String reportSource = "jrxml/HelloReportWorld.jrxml";
String reportDest = "jrxml/HelloReportWorld.html";



Map <String, Object> params = new HashMap <String, Object>();

//params.put("reportTitle", "Hello Report World");
//params.put("author", "Craig Conover");
//params.put("startDate", (new java.util.Date()).toString());


try
{
JasperReport jasperReport =
JasperCompileManager.compileReport(reportSource);

JasperPrint jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(jasperReport, params, new JREmptyDataSource());

JasperExportManager.exportReportToHtmlFile(
jasperPrint, reportDest);
JasperViewer.viewReport(jasperPrint);
}

catch (JRException ex)
{
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}

}

//-------------------------- Save as HelloReportWorld.jrxml ------------------



<jasperReport name="HelloReportWorld">

<detail>
<band height="200">
<staticText>
<reportElement mode="Opaque" x="50" y="10" width="500" height="30" />
<text><![CDATA[ ID Name Phone City ]]></text>
</staticText>

<staticText>
<reportElement x="50" y="20" width="500" height="30" />
<text><![CDATA[101 Aman Kumar 997152663 Noida ]]></text>
</staticText>

<staticText>
<reportElement x="50" y="30" width="500" height="30" />
<text><![CDATA[102 Suraj Kumar 929300440 New Delhi ]]></text>
</staticText>

<staticText>
<reportElement x="50" y="40" width="500" height="30" />
<text><![CDATA[102 Pavan Yadav 9293344550 Noida ]]></text>
</staticText>
</band>
</detail>
</jasperReport>

Out Put: