ReportWriter classes

The com.ibm.as400.util.reportwriter package provides classes that enable you to easily access and format data from an XML source file or data produced by servlets or JavaServer Pages.

The reportwriter package is a convenient way to name three different but related packages:

These packages include a variety of classes that allow you to format XML data streams and generate reports in those formats. Make sure you have the necessary JAR files in your CLASSPATH, including an XML parser and an XSLT processor. For more information, see the following pages:

Context classes (in the pclwriter and pdfwriter packages) define methods that the ReportProcessor classes need to render XML and JSP data in the chosen format:

ReportProcessor classes (in the processor package) enable you to generate formatted reports from information your application gathers from Java servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs).