I could use some advice from some folks with more experience and knowledge of Struts2 than I to assist me in determining the correct way (or lay out some viable options) to design a solution for the following senario:
We need to generate a PDF report real time based on data in a database that is available for download. What we believe that we would like to do is utilize FOP (http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/) and use a JSP page to actually generate the formatting objects and then run the formatting objects through the FOP processor to generate and stream the PDF back to the user. However, we are not real sure how to implement this in Struts2. How do we invoke the JSP page and then get access to the results? Do we just use the stream result type and then use a http call to the JSP as the input source? This would seem like it would not be optimal from a performance standpoint, as we are making another http call to get the formatting objects from the jsp. It also adds the complexity of passing security credentials in the call. Or do we need to somehow create or own result type and if so how do we get those JSP results? I have not really found any good documentation or example on writing your own result types. Thanks in advance! ----------------------------------------- ***Note:The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the Sender immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Premier Inc.
