com.inet.viewer.URLRenderData

All Implemented Interfaces:: RenderData

public class URLRenderData extends Object implements RenderData

An implementation of RenderData for a URL connection to the i-net Clear Reports server. The report properties are attached via URL, a connection is made to the server and the report data is fetched.
Here are a couple of very simple examples of what could be done by creating certain URLRenderData objects and manipulating them.

Create a URLRenderData, set two prompt values, and export the report to PDF


     URLRenderData data = new URLRenderData("http://server:9000/?report=C:/report.rpt");
     File file = new File("C:/test.pdf");
     FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
     Properties props = data.getProperties();
     props.setProperty( "export_fmt", "pdf" );
     props.setProperty( "file", "c:/test.pdf" );
     int count = data.getExportChunkCount( props );
     for(int i=1;count == 0 || i<=count;i++){ // count can be 0 if there is gzip compression
         byte[] pageData = data.getNextExportChunk();
         if( pageData != null ) {
             fos.write( pageData );
         } else {
             break;
         }
     }
     fos.close();

Create a URLRenderData and pass it to the constructor of a ReportView as a data source


     URLRenderData data = new URLRenderData("http://server:9000/?report=C:/abc.rpt");
     SwingReportViewer viewer = new SwingReportViewer();
     viewer.addNewReportView(data);
     ...

Notes for overriding

The methods of this class must be thread safe except for the methods getExportChunkCount and getNextExportChunk.
Each ReportView can have its own instance of RenderData, so the different RenderData methods may be called simultaneously for different ReportViews and different RenderData instances.

Since:: 7.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.inet.viewer.RenderData
CASE_SENSITIVE, REGULAR_EXPRESSION, WHOLE_WORD
Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor

Description

URLRenderData(String requestURL)

Creates a URLRenderData object with the given URL as the location to connect to to fetch the report.

URLRenderData(URL url)

Creates a URLRenderData object with the given URL as the location to connect to to fetch the report.
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

String

getCookie()

Returns the cookie set for the next connections made by URLRenderData.

RenderData

getCopy()

"Clones" this RenderData object with all its properties and returns the copy.

int

getExportChunkCount(Properties expProps)

Returns the total number of export "chunks" for the report for the specified export format.

byte[]

getFontData(int fontID)

Returns the byte array of the embedded font at the specified fontId, which is encoded in the Viewer's protocol.

byte[]

getGroupTree()

Returns the group tree which can be sent to the java viewer as a byte array.

byte[]

getNextExportChunk()

Returns the next chunk of the exported report if there is at least one more chunk available.

int

getPageCount()

Returns the number of pages in the report.

byte[]

getPageData(int page)

Any page number greater than 0 is viewed as valid - if the page number is higher than the number of pages in the report, this will return the data from the last page.

final Properties

getProperties()

Returns the Properties object used by this RenderData object.

String

getReportLocation()

Returns the URL this report is to be found at, without any attached properties.

final String

getReportProperty(String key)

Returns the chosen property value which has been set either via setReportProperty or otherwise.

String

getReportTitle()

Returns the manually set title of the report if there is one, that is, what would be typically displayed in a title bar, e.g.

boolean

isForceUseGET()

Returns whether or not GET requests are set as forced.

boolean

isPageLimitExceeded()

Check if the rendering of the report ran into a page limit.

boolean

isPromptOnRefresh()

Returns the property "promptOnRefresh", that is, whether prompts are to be shown whenever new data is fetched from the server.

byte[]

refreshPageData(int page)

Enforces the whole report to be re-rendered on server side and returns the refreshed binary data of one page for the Java Viewer.

void

resetServerCacheTimeout()

Notifies the server that the report with the currently set properties is still being viewed and therefore should not be removed from the cache yet if there is one.

byte[]

search(String phrase, int startPage, int flags)

Searches the given phrase in the report, starting at a certain page and using the search options given in the flags.

void

setCookie(String cookie)

Sets the cookie for the next connections made by URLRenderData.

void

setForceUseGET(boolean force)

If you set this to true, the URL request will never send parameters as POST parameters but only as a GET request.

void

setHostnameVerifier(HostnameVerifier hostnameVerifier)

Sets a HostnameVerifier that is used if the report has an HTTPS url.

void

setPromptOnRefresh(boolean promptOnRefresh)

Sets the property "promptOnRefresh", that is, whether prompts are to be shown whenever the report is refreshed, that is, whenever new data is fetched from the server.

void

setReportLocation(String url)

Sets the URL to connect to to fetch the report, e.g. http://localhost:9000/?

final void

setReportProperty(String key, String value)

Sets the given property for the report.

void

setReportTitle(String title)

Sets the title of the report.

void

setSslSocketFactory(SSLSocketFactory sslSocketFactory)

Sets a SSLSocketFactory that is used if the report has an HTTPS url.

void

stop()

Sends the command "stop" to the server.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- URLRenderData
  
  public URLRenderData(String requestURL)
  
  Creates a URLRenderData object with the given URL as the location to connect to to fetch the report. Note that any properties should be URL-encoded with the UTF-8 code page. Properties within this URL (such as "http://server:9000/?report=report1.rpt&prompt0=12&init=pdf") are extracted and placed into this RenderData object's properties, which can be retrieved using getProperties.
  Parameters:
  
  requestURL - URL to connect to to fetch the report (Properties should be URL-encoded with the UTF-8 code page) If this is null, before connecting to fetch a report, setReportLocation must be called!
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.setReportLocation(java.lang.String)
  
  URLRenderData(URL)
- URLRenderData
  
  public URLRenderData(URL url)
  
  Creates a URLRenderData object with the given URL as the location to connect to to fetch the report. Note that any properties should be encoded within the URL in the UTF-8 code page. Properties within this URL (such as "http://server:9000/?report=report1.rpt&prompt0=12&init=pdf") are extracted and placed into this RenderData object's properties, which can be retrieved using getProperties.
  Parameters:
  
  url - URL to connect to to fetch the report (Properties should be URL-encoded in the UTF-8 code page.) If this is null, before connecting to fetch a report, setReportLocation must be called!
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.setReportLocation(java.lang.String)
  
  URLRenderData(String)
Method Details
- setReportLocation
  
  public void setReportLocation(String url)
  
  Sets the URL to connect to to fetch the report, e.g. http://localhost:9000/?report=C:/report1.rpt Note that any properties should be URL-encoded in the UTF-8 code page. Properties within this URL (such as "http://server:9000/?report=report1.rpt&prompt0=12&init=pdf") are extracted and placed into this RenderData object's properties, which can be retrieved using getProperties. The location may not be null.
  Specified by:
  
  setReportLocation in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - URL to connect to to fetch the report (Properties should be URL-encoded in the UTF-8 code page). May not be null.
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.setReportLocation(java.lang.String)
- getReportLocation
  
  public String getReportLocation()
  
  Returns the URL this report is to be found at, without any attached properties. That is, this need not return the same URL as was given in setReportLocation, however it should return a URL at which the same report is found. This will never be null. An uninitialized location will be returned as an empty string.
  Specified by:
  
  getReportLocation in interface RenderData
  
  Returns:
  
  The URL the report is to be found at. No properties are attached.
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.getReportLocation()
- getPageData
  
  public byte[] getPageData(int page) throws ViewerException
  
  Any page number greater than 0 is viewed as valid - if the page number is higher than the number of pages in the report, this will return the data from the last page. This is for performance reasons, so that the page count does not need to be requested.
  Specified by:
  
  getPageData in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  page - Number of page to fetch data for, 1-based.
  
  Returns:
  
  Serialized page data for the chosen page.
  
  Throws:
  
  ViewerException - If the given page index is less than 1
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.getPageData(int)
- refreshPageData
  
  public byte[] refreshPageData(int page) throws ViewerException
  
  Enforces the whole report to be re-rendered on server side and returns the refreshed binary data of one page for the Java Viewer. This page is rendered anew rather than possibly taking a cached version.
  Specified by:
  
  refreshPageData in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  page - The number of the page. The first page is 1, the second is 2, ... . If the page number is bigger than the page count the data from the last page will be returned.
  
  Returns:
  
  the binary data for the Java Viewer
  
  Throws:
  
  ViewerException - If there are connection problems or other issues while fetching the data
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.getPageCount()
- getPageCount
  
  public int getPageCount() throws ViewerException
  
  Returns the number of pages in the report.
  This method blocks until the rendering process is finished. This is useful if you use i-net Clear Reports with external result sets or connections and you want to know when the rendering process is finished and you can close these external result sets or connections - once this method returns, the rendering process is finished. Note that this method is thread-safe, that is, two or more threads concurrently calling this method and the other thread-safe methods in RenderData should cause no problems.
  Specified by:
  
  getPageCount in interface RenderData
  
  Returns:
  
  number of pages (1-based)
  
  Throws:
  
  ViewerException - If there are rendering problems, etc.
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.getPageData(int)
- isPageLimitExceeded
  
  public boolean isPageLimitExceeded() throws ViewerException
  
  Check if the rendering of the report ran into a page limit. This means does not all possible pages exist.
  
  Specified by:
  
  isPageLimitExceeded in interface RenderData
  
  Returns:
  
  true, if there is a limit
  
  Throws:
  
  ViewerException - If there are rendering problems, etc.
  
  Since:
  
  10.0
- getNextExportChunk
  
  public byte[] getNextExportChunk() throws ViewerException
  
  Returns the next chunk of the exported report if there is at least one more chunk available. It is required that getExportChunkCount(Properties) has been called once for this report.
  This method blocks until the rendering process of the requested chunk or the complete report is finished.
  Specified by:
  
  getNextExportChunk in interface RenderData
  
  Returns:
  
  Next chunk of the report, or null if the export is finished.
  
  Throws:
  
  ViewerException - If there are connection problems or other issues while fetching the data
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.getExportChunkCount(Properties)
- getExportChunkCount
  
  public int getExportChunkCount(Properties expProps) throws ViewerException
  
  Returns the total number of export "chunks" for the report for the specified export format.
  A "chunk" is a unit of export data which can be retrieved using getNextExportChunk(). This method blocks until the rendering process is finished on the server. Note that this method is thread-safe, that is, two or more threads concurrently calling this method and the other thread-safe methods in RenderData should cause no problems.
  In case of gzip compression, the number of chunks can not be determined and "0" is returned. The chunks can be retrieved in a loop until getNextExportChunk() returns NULL.
  Specified by:
  
  getExportChunkCount in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  expProps - Properties to be appended to the current report properties for this export. The properties should contain at least the export format with the key "export_fmt". The following formats are valid:
  "pdf" - pdf file
  "rtf" - rtf file
  "xls" - xls file
  "csv" - csv file
  "ps" - ps file
  "xml" -xml file
  "htm" - html files, The file name is the base filename, because there are more files with links.
  For a complete list of report URL properties see the documentation.
  
  Returns:
  
  Total number of export "chunks" (i.e. units) which can be fetched using getNextExportChunk()
  
  Throws:
  
  ViewerException - If there are connection problems or other issues while fetching the data
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.getNextExportChunk()
  
  RenderData.getProperties()
- getGroupTree
  
  public byte[] getGroupTree() throws ViewerException
  
  Returns the group tree which can be sent to the java viewer as a byte array. Note that this method is thread-safe, that is, two or more threads concurrently calling this method and the other thread-safe methods in RenderData should cause no problems.
  
  Specified by:
  
  getGroupTree in interface RenderData
  
  Returns:
  
  byte[] Group Tree as byte array, encoded by i-net Clear Reports.
  
  Throws:
  
  ViewerException - If there are connection problems or other issues while fetching the data
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
- setReportTitle
  
  public void setReportTitle(String title)
  
  Sets the title of the report. This title is what would be typically displayed in a title bar, e.g. "Employee Report 2005". Note that if this is not manually set, the title will be whatever the report has set as its title. If a title is set, it overrides the "actual" report title.
  
  Specified by:
  
  setReportTitle in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  title - Title of the report as simple string.
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
- getReportTitle
  
  public String getReportTitle()
  
  Returns the manually set title of the report if there is one, that is, what would be typically displayed in a title bar, e.g. "Employee Report 2005". This will return null if no title was manually set.
  
  Specified by:
  
  getReportTitle in interface RenderData
  
  Returns:
  
  Title of report
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
- setReportProperty
  
  public final void setReportProperty(String key, String value)
  
  Sets the given property for the report. See https://www.inetsoftware.de/documentation/clear-reports/plugins/clear-reports/documentation/en/report-url-parameters for a list of possible properties to set here and what they mean.
  Setting null as the value will cause the removal of the property. If a prompt property is to be explicitly set to the value "null", simply set the string "formula:null" as the value.
  
  Specified by:
  
  setReportProperty in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  key - Name of property to set, will be converted to lower case
  
  value - Value of property to set, null to remove this property
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
- getProperties
  
  public final Properties getProperties()
  
  Returns the Properties object used by this RenderData object. Note this is NOT a clone but rather the exact object used by RenderData - any changes made to this Properties object will influence the RenderData. See https://www.inetsoftware.de/documentation/clear-reports/plugins/clear-reports/documentation/en/report-url-parameters for a list of possible properties to set here and what they mean.
  Note also that any key values should be set in lower case. This Properties object will never be null, at most it will be empty.
  
  Specified by:
  
  getProperties in interface RenderData
  
  Returns:
  
  Properties object used by RenderData, never null
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
- getReportProperty
  
  public final String getReportProperty(String key)
  
  Returns the chosen property value which has been set either via setReportProperty or otherwise.
  
  Specified by:
  
  getReportProperty in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  key - Name of property to get value for
  
  Returns:
  
  Value of property with the given name
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
- setPromptOnRefresh
  
  public void setPromptOnRefresh(boolean promptOnRefresh)
  
  Sets the property "promptOnRefresh", that is, whether prompts are to be shown whenever the report is refreshed, that is, whenever new data is fetched from the server.
  
  Specified by:
  
  setPromptOnRefresh in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  promptOnRefresh - Value to set for this property
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
- isPromptOnRefresh
  
  public boolean isPromptOnRefresh()
  
  Returns the property "promptOnRefresh", that is, whether prompts are to be shown whenever new data is fetched from the server.
  
  Specified by:
  
  isPromptOnRefresh in interface RenderData
  
  Returns:
  
  The property "promptOnRefresh"
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
- getCopy
  
  public RenderData getCopy()
  
  "Clones" this RenderData object with all its properties and returns the copy. Useful for deriving from existing RenderData objects by copying them and adding or changing properties. This method is called by the viewer for drilling down, for example - the drilldown property is set on the copy while all other properties remain the same, and the copy is used to open a new report view.
  Specified by:
  
  getCopy in interface RenderData
  
  Returns:
  
  A cloned copy of this RenderData object with all its properties.
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  ReportViewer.addNewReportView(RenderData)
  
  RenderData.getProperties()
- stop
  
  public void stop()
  
  Sends the command "stop" to the server. Note that as of i-net Crystal-Clear 7.0, this has no effect.
  Specified by:
  
  stop in interface RenderData
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.stop()
- search
  
  public byte[] search(String phrase, int startPage, int flags)
  
  Searches the given phrase in the report, starting at a certain page and using the search options given in the flags. These flags are:
  WHOLE_WORD : search only the word in its entirety, not parts of words.
  CASE_SENSITIVE : observe upper and lower cases in the search, that is "Search" != "search"
  REGULAR_EXPRESSION : The search phrase is to be handled as a regular expression (using Java's Regex methods for the search).
  Desired flags should be connected by the OR operator "|". So, for example, to search with the flags WHOLE_WORD and CASE_SENSITIVE, simply use WHOLE_WORD | CASE_SENSITIVE as the flags option.
  Note that phrases going over more than one page will not be found, nor will text parts with formatting inside the word itself, such as this word. Note that this method is thread-safe, that is, two or more threads concurrently calling this method and the other thread-safe methods in RenderData should cause no problems.
  Specified by:
  
  search in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  phrase - Word or phrase to search. Should be a regular expression if this flag is set.
  
  startPage - Page to start searching on (1-based)
  
  flags - Desired search options (see above)
  
  Returns:
  
  Search result by the server, encoded in the i-net Clear Reports protocol.
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
  
  See Also:
  
  RenderData.WHOLE_WORD
  
  RenderData.CASE_SENSITIVE
  
  RenderData.REGULAR_EXPRESSION
- getFontData
  
  public byte[] getFontData(int fontID)
  
  Returns the byte array of the embedded font at the specified fontId, which is encoded in the Viewer's protocol. You need not and should not call this method yourself - rather the Viewer will call this method on its own when an embedded font needs to be fetched for the report.
  The fontID is 1-based. null will be returned if there are no fonts embedded for the report of this Engine. If fontID is greater than the number of embedded fonts available it will return the last font available. This method is the mirror method to com.inet.report.Engine.getFontData(int), so implementations can either call that if an engine is available, or a running i-net Clear Reports server also returns the font data with an HTTP request of the form "http://server:9000/?report=report.rpt&export_fmt=font&page=FONTID&cmd=get_pg" where FONTID is replaced with the given font ID. Note that this method is thread-safe, that is, two or more threads concurrently calling this method and the other thread-safe methods in RenderData should cause no problems.
  
  Specified by:
  
  getFontData in interface RenderData
  
  Parameters:
  
  fontID - ID of font as specified in the i-net Clear Reports protocol
  
  Returns:
  
  Partial or whole font with the ID, and with the most current version of this font known to the server.
  
  Since:
  
  7.0
- resetServerCacheTimeout
  
  public void resetServerCacheTimeout()
  
  Notifies the server that the report with the currently set properties is still being viewed and therefore should not be removed from the cache yet if there is one. This method does NOT cause the report to be re-rendered under any circumstance, rather it resets the cache timeout on the server if there is one.
  This method will be called in regular intervals (default is every 5 minutes) by its corresponding ReportView(s).
  
  Specified by:
  
  resetServerCacheTimeout in interface RenderData
  
  Since:
  
  7.8
- setForceUseGET
  
  public void setForceUseGET(boolean force)
  
  If you set this to true, the URL request will never send parameters as POST parameters but only as a GET request. This is useful if your server cannot handle POST parameters, or if there are other connection problems causing trouble with POST parameters. Note that this may cause problems if there are too many parameters.
  Parameters:
  
  force - Whether or not to force the use of a GET request
  
  Since:
  
  7.4
  
  See Also:
  
  isForceUseGET()
- isForceUseGET
  
  public boolean isForceUseGET()
  
  Returns whether or not GET requests are set as forced.
  Returns:
  
  whether or not GET requests are set as forced.
  
  Since:
  
  7.4
  
  See Also:
  
  setForceUseGET(boolean)
- setCookie
  
  public void setCookie(String cookie)
  
  Sets the cookie for the next connections made by URLRenderData. If a connection has already been opened by URLRenderData, this will not change the cookie of that connection.
  
  Parameters:
  
  cookie - Cookie to set for the connection If null, removes any cookie set for URLRenderData.
  
  Since:
  
  7.5
- getCookie
  
  public String getCookie()
  
  Returns the cookie set for the next connections made by URLRenderData. Can return null if no cookie has been set.
  
  Returns:
  
  The cookie set for the next connections made by URLRenderData.
  
  Since:
  
  7.5
- setSslSocketFactory
  
  public void setSslSocketFactory(SSLSocketFactory sslSocketFactory)
  
  Sets a SSLSocketFactory that is used if the report has an HTTPS url. An own factory can e.g. accept self-signed certificates.
  
  Parameters:
  
  sslSocketFactory - the SSLSocketFactory to be set for HTTPS connection. Set to null (default) to use the default factory.
  
  Since:
  
  9.2
- setHostnameVerifier
  
  public void setHostnameVerifier(HostnameVerifier hostnameVerifier)
  
  Sets a HostnameVerifier that is used if the report has an HTTPS url. An own verifier can e.g. accept self-signed certificates for other hostnames.
  
  Parameters:
  
  hostnameVerifier - the HostnameVerifier to be set for HTTPS connection. Set to null (default) to use the default verifier.
  
  Since:
  
  9.2

Class URLRenderData

Notes for overriding

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.inet.viewer.RenderData

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Details

URLRenderData

URLRenderData

Method Details

setReportLocation

getReportLocation

getPageData

refreshPageData

getPageCount

isPageLimitExceeded

getNextExportChunk

getExportChunkCount

getGroupTree

setReportTitle

getReportTitle

setReportProperty

getProperties

getReportProperty

setPromptOnRefresh

isPromptOnRefresh

getCopy

stop

search

getFontData

resetServerCacheTimeout

setForceUseGET

isForceUseGET

setCookie

getCookie

setSslSocketFactory

setHostnameVerifier