Chapter 11. Using Scripting to Access Data
BIRT supports accessing data using JavaScript code. This type of data source is called a scripted data source. Using a scripted data source, you can access objects other than the built-in data source types.
Because the JavaScript code for accessing and managing a scripted data source can wrap Java objects, a scripted data source can access an EJB, an XML stream, a Hibernate object, or any other Java object that retrieves data. A scripted data source must return data in tabular format, so that BIRT can perform sorting, aggregation, and grouping.
Using a Scripted Data Source
Creating a scripted data source and a non-scripted data source are similar tasks. The differences between creating a scripted data ...
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