Typical workflow
The following flow chart illustrates the typical workflow followed when creating reports with JasperReports.
When working with JasperReports, the first step is to create a report template as an XML file. XML report templates can be handcoded or generated by a graphical report designer. Even though JasperReports report templates are XML files, by convention template filenames are given an extension of .jrxml. JasperReports XML templates are commonly referred to as JRXML files, which is the term we will use in this book.
Let's take a look at what a typical JRXML file looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE jasperReport ...
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