The best Java reporting system

[Mika Tapanainen]

Hello!

What is the best Java reporting system? Why it is the best system?

Can be the open source or the commercial product. The database is db2.

I have used for years the JasperReports, but now it's not ok, because of the LGPL license.

Apache, BSD and Eclipse licenses are ok.

Thanks,

Mika

[Ulf Dittmer]

There rarely is a single "best" of anything; it heavily depends on the circumstances and requirements (of which we know nothing). If JasperReports won't do, I'd probably look into Data Vision and Crystal Reports.

[Muhammad Yasir Ch]

A lot of reporting tools are available like Seagate Crystal Reports, Inet Crystal Reports, Jasper Reports.

[Mika Tapanainen]

The output PDF will contain basic text like:

-header
-text
-itemizedlist
-tables
-imported figure etc.
-footer

Actually it is not needed that the reporting engine will execute the sql (maybe select 1 from dual is ok, I'm not sure). All the data will be as parameters.

The number one choice is currently
XML -> DocBook XML -> XSL-FO -> PDF,

but I want also to evaluate the high level reporting engines. The java version which is used is 1.4 or later maybe 1.5.

[David Newton]

What makes you believe the LGPL isn't okay for your purposes? It almost always is.

[Mika Tapanainen]

Hello David,

The customer lawyer says that for example LGPL is not ok for them.

Mika

[David Newton]

They are almost certainly wrong.