Hi all,
yesterday, we've released the 1.0 version of xReporter, our open source
Avalon/Cocoon-based database reporting framework, available from
http://xreporter.cocoondev.org/
xReporter consists of 2 main components:
* an Avalon Phoenix-based query server, which is configured through
XML-based report definitions, and is accessible across an XML/HTTP interface
* a Cocoon front-end generating configurable HTML, PDF, Excel and CSV
renditions of your database reports, thanks to the wonders of FOP, POI
and some custom Cocoon drudgery
Architectural diagram:
> http://xreporter.cocoondev.org/en/my-images/architecture.png <
Most compelling features:
- multiple datasources & report definitions
- user/role-based report authorization, container-based authentication
- column filtering & sorting, query by example
- no programming required to define complex, multistep database reports
- optionally using temporary tables
- expression language & field validation
- possibility to access non-SQL, 'Web Services' datasources
- fully customizable look & feel using CSS and XSLT
- flow control using XML and a ReST HTTP interface
xReporter is released under an Apache-style license, and we welcome
contributions and patches as we try to grow this into a community-owned
project. Currently, there is anonymous read-only cvs access and a
downloadable tarball. There's a limited, live demo available on the
project website, too.
We would like to sincerely thank the Avalon & Cocoon community for the
creation of some wonderful toys to play with, and a great guy (you know
who you are) who made all this possible.
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Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center
Read my weblog at http://blogs.cocoondev.org/stevenn/
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