Exporting to CSV

Comma Separated Values (CSV) files contain a number of values separated by commas. There are several software utilities that can parse CSV files. JasperReports includes built-in functionality to export reports to CSV files. The following example illustrates the process:

package net.ensode.jasperbook;

import java.io.File;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRExporterParameter;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperPrint;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRCsvExporter;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRLoader;

public class CsvExportDemo
{
  public static final String REPORT_DIRECTORY = "reports";
  public void csvExport(String reportName) { File file = new File(REPORT_DIRECTORY ...

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