XML is a popular data source used in many applications. JasperReports allows you to generate reports directly from XML data. This first section of the article teaches you how to connect iReport to an XML file stored on your PC. In the second section of this article by Bilal Siddiqui, author of JasperReports 3.6 Development Cookbook, you will create a report from data stored in an XML file. In order to process an XML file and extract information from it, JasperReports uses XPath, which is a popular query language to filter XML data. So you will also learn how to use XPath expressions for report generation.
(For more resources on JasperReports, see here.)
XML is a popular data source used in many applications. JasperReports allows you to generate reports directly from XML data.
This section teaches you how to connect iReport to an XML file stored on your PC.
You need an XML file that contains report data. The EventsData.xml file is contained in the source code download (chap4). Unzip the source code file for this article (chap:4) and copy the Task2 folder from the unzipped source code to a location of your choice.
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