How do I compile jrxml to get jasper?

Question

I have jrxml file, I want to compile this to get .jasper. How do I compile and get that jasper

Answer 1

Using iReport designer 5.6.0, if you wish to compile multiple jrxml files without previewing - go to Tools -> Massive Processing Tool. Select Elaboration Type as "Compile Files", select the folder where all your jrxml reports are stored, and compile them in a batch.

Answer 2

with maven it is automatic:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>jasperreports-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    <outputDirectory>target/${project.artifactId}/WEB-INF/reports</outputDirectory>
  </configuration>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <phase>prepare-package</phase>
      <inherited>false</inherited>
      <goals>
         <goal>compile-reports</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
       <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
       <version>3.7.6</version> 
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.16</version>
       <type>jar</type>
     </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</plugin>

Answer 3

In eclipse,

• Install Jaspersoft Studio for eclipse.
• Right click the .jrxml file and select Open with JasperReports Book Editor
• Open the Design tab for the .jrxml file.
• On top of the window you can see the Compile Report icon.

Answer 4

There are three ways to compile jrxml to jasper.

1. You can do direct compile via compile button (hammer logo) on iReport designer.

2. You can use ant to compile as shown in the Ant Compile Sample.

   <target name="compile1"> 
     <mkdir dir="./build/reports"/> 
     <jrc 
       srcdir="./reports"
       destdir="./build/reports"
       tempdir="./build/reports"
       keepjava="true"
       xmlvalidation="true">
      <classpath refid="runClasspath"/>
      <include name="**/*.jrxml"/>
     </jrc>
   </target>
   

   Below is the report compile task on my current project.

   

   addition from Daniel Rikowski :

3. You can also use the JasperCompileManager class to compile from your java code.

   JasperCompileManager.compileReportToFile(
                   "our_jasper_template.jrxml", // the path to the jrxml file to compile
                   "our_compiled_template.jasper"); // the path and name we want to save the compiled file to
   

Answer 5

If you are using iReport you can easily do it.

1. When you click preview it will automatically compile.
2. There is an option to make it complie. You can compile by selecting the page then right click you will get the compile option.

Answer 6

 **A full example of POM file**.

Command to Build All **Jrxml** to **Jasper File** in maven
If you used eclipse then right click on the project and Run as maven Build and add goals antrun:run@compile-jasper-reports 


compile-jasper-reports is the id you gave in the pom file.
**<id>compile-jasper-reports</id>**




<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.test.jasper</groupId>
  <artifactId>testJasper</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <name>TestJasper</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.17</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
        <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
        <version>6.3.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
        <artifactId>jasperreports-fonts</artifactId>
        <version>6.0.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
        <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
        <version>2.4.6</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.6</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>


  </dependencies>
    <build>
    <pluginManagement>
    <plugins>
         <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.5</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>       
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.8</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>compile-jasper-reports</id>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>run</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                    <configuration>
                        <target>
                            <echo message="Start compile of jasper reports" />
                            <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/classes/reports"/>
                            <echo message="${basedir}/src/main/resources/jasper/jasperreports" />
                            <taskdef name="jrc" classname="net.sf.jasperreports.ant.JRAntCompileTask"
                                classpathref="maven.compile.classpath" />
                                <jrc srcdir="${basedir}/src/main/resources/jasper/jasperreports" destdir="${basedir}/src/main/resources/jasper/jasperclassfile"
                                  xmlvalidation="true">
                                <classpath refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                <include name="**/*.jrxml" />
                            </jrc>
                        </target>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>