Ubuntu 10.x with Java7

How to install Java on Ubuntu 10.x

Download he 32bit or 64bit Linux “compressed binary file” – it has a “.tar.gz” file extension i.e. “[java-version]-i586.tar.gz” for 32bit and “[java-version]-x64.tar.gz” for 64bit

Uncompress it
# tar -xvf jdk-7u2-linux-i586.tar.gz (32bit)
# tar -xvf jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz (64bit)

JDK 7 package is extracted into ./jdk1.7.0_02 directory. N.B. check carefully this folder name since Oracle seem to change this occasionally with each update.

Now move the JDK 7 directory to /usr/lib

# sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm
# sudo mv ./jdk1.7.0_02 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0

Now run

# sudo update-alternatives –install “/usr/bin/java” “java” “/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/java” 1
# sudo update-alternatives –install “/usr/bin/javac” “javac” “/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/javac” 1
# sudo update-alternatives –install “/usr/bin/javaws” “javaws” “/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/javaws” 1

This will assign Oracle JDK a priority of 1, which means that installing other JDKs will replace it as the default. Be sure to use a higher priority if you want Oracle JDK to remain the default. Correct the file ownership and the permissions of the executables:

# sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/java
# sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/javac
# sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/javaws
# sudo chown -R root:root /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0

Check the version of you new JDK 7 installation:

# java -version

java version “1.7.0”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)

JasperReports basic example

Hi everybody,

Today i have played around with JasperReports. Really nice java tool to created very easy reports. I did not find many examples on internet. Therefor I post my first try. I hope this will help other developers starting up with this great tool.

This example runs a query (JDBC connected) with some parameters define in Java. The result is converted to PDF and then zipped.

Test.java file


import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperExportManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperPrint;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperReport;

/**
 * The Class Test.
 */
public class Test {

	/** The Constant LOG. */
	private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(test.class);
	
	/** The Constant BUFFER. */
	final static int BUFFER = 10240;
	
	/** The connection. */
	static Connection connection = null;

	/**
	 * Connect database.
	 */
	static void ConnectDatabase() {
		try {			
			// Load the JDBC driver
			String driverName = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";
			Class.forName(driverName);

			// Create a connection to the database
			String serverName = "127.0.0.1";
			String portNumber = "1521";
			String sid = "XE";
			String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@" + serverName + ":" + portNumber + ":" + sid;
			String username = "test";
			String password = "test";
			connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			System.err.println("Could not find the database driver");
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.err.println("Could not connect to the database");
		}
	}

	/**
	 * File zip.
	 */
	static void fileZip() {
		
		BufferedInputStream origin = null;
		try
		{
			FileOutputStream dest = new FileOutputStream("test.zip");
			ZipOutputStream out = new ZipOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(dest));
			byte data[] = new byte[BUFFER];
			
			// get a list of files from current directory
			File f = new File("src/.");
			String files[] = f.list();

			for (int i=0; i<files.length; i++) {
			
				System.out.println("Adding: "+files[i]);
				FileInputStream fi = new FileInputStream("src/"+files[i]);
				origin = new BufferedInputStream(fi, BUFFER);
				ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry(files[i]);
				out.putNextEntry(entry);
				int count;
				while((count = origin.read(data, 0, BUFFER)) != -1) {
					out.write(data, 0, count);
				}
				origin.close();
			}
			out.close();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
     
	/**
	 * The main method.
	 * 
	 * @param args the arguments
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		JasperReport jasperReport;
		JasperPrint jasperPrint;
		
		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
		
		try {			
			// Log log4j configuration
			final Properties log4jProperties = new Properties();
			log4jProperties.load(new FileInputStream("etc/log4j.properties"));
			PropertyConfigurator.configure(log4jProperties);
			
			LOG.info("Start");
			LOG.info("--------");
						
			LOG.info("Compile Jasper XML Report");
			jasperReport = JasperCompileManager.compileReport("src/test.jrxml");
			LOG.info("time : " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)+ " ms.");
			
			LOG.info("Create Database connection");
			ConnectDatabase();
			LOG.info("time : " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)+ " ms.");
			
			LOG.info("Create parameters");
			Map <String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<String, Object>();
			parameters.put("ReportTitle", "User Report");
			parameters.put("DataFile", "src/test1.jrxml");
			parameters.put("IdRange", 10);	
			
			LOG.info("Generated report");
			jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(jasperReport, parameters, connection);
			LOG.info("time : " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)+ " ms.");
			
			LOG.info("Generated PDF");
			JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdfFile(jasperPrint, "src/test.pdf");
			LOG.info("time : " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)+ " ms.");
			
			LOG.info("Create Zip File");
			fileZip();
			LOG.info("time : " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)+ " ms.");
			
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		LOG.info("--------");
		LOG.info("Done");
	}
}

JaspersReports test.jrxml (Report template) file.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<jasperReport
		xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports"
		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
		xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd"
		name="User Overview" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="515" leftMargin="40" rightMargin="40" topMargin="50" bottomMargin="50">


	<style name="Sans_Bold" isDefault="false" fontName="DejaVu Sans" fontSize="8" isBold="true" isItalic="false" isUnderline="false" isStrikeThrough="false"/>
	<style name="Sans_Normal" isDefault="true" fontName="DejaVu Sans" fontSize="8" isBold="false" isItalic="false" isUnderline="false" isStrikeThrough="false"/>
	<style name="Title" style="Sans_Bold" fontSize="12"/>
	<style name="ColumnHeader" style="Sans_Bold" forecolor="white"/>
	
	<parameter name="ReportTitle" class="java.lang.String"></parameter>
	<parameter name="DataFile" class="java.lang.String"></parameter>
	<parameter name="IdRange" class="java.lang.Integer"></parameter>
	
	<queryString><![CDATA[SELECT id, displaynaam, puik_id FROM gebruiker WHERE id <=$P{IdRange} order by id]]></queryString>
	<field name="id" class="java.lang.Integer"/>
	<field name="displaynaam" class="java.lang.String"/>
	<field name="puik_id" class="java.lang.String"/>
	
	<title>
		<band height="70">
			<line>
				<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="515" height="1"/>
				<graphicElement/>
			</line>
			<textField isBlankWhenNull="true" bookmarkLevel="1">
				<reportElement x="0" y="10" width="515" height="30" style="Sans_Normal"/>
				<textElement textAlignment="Center">
					<font size="22"/>
				</textElement>
				<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$P{ReportTitle}]]></textFieldExpression>
				<anchorNameExpression><![CDATA["Title"]]></anchorNameExpression>
			</textField>
			<textField isBlankWhenNull="true">
				<reportElement x="0" y="40" width="515" height="20" style="Sans_Normal"/>
				<textElement textAlignment="Center">
					<font size="14"/>
				</textElement>
				<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$P{DataFile}]]></textFieldExpression>
			</textField>
		</band>

	</title>
	
	<pageHeader>
		<band height="15">
			<frame>
				<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="555" height="15" mode="Opaque" backcolor="black"/>
				<staticText>
					<reportElement x="5" y="0" width="155" height="15" style="ColumnHeader"/>
					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle" textAlignment="Left"/>
					<text>Id</text>
				</staticText>
				<staticText>
					<reportElement x="125" y="0" width="100" height="15" style="ColumnHeader"/>
					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle"/>
					<text>Displaynaam</text>
				</staticText>
				<staticText>
					<reportElement x="270" y="0" width="60" height="15" style="ColumnHeader"/>
					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle" textAlignment="Left"/>
					<text>PuikId</text>
				</staticText>
				</frame>
		</band>
	</pageHeader>
							
 <detail>
 	<band height="15">
			<frame>
				<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="555" height="15" />
				<textField>
					<reportElement x="5" y="0" width="155" height="15"/>
					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle" textAlignment="Left"/>
					<textFieldExpression>$F{id}.toString()</textFieldExpression>
				</textField>
				<textField>
					<reportElement x="125" y="0" width="100" height="15"/>
					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle"/>
					<textFieldExpression>$F{displaynaam}</textFieldExpression>
				</textField>
				<textField pattern="#,###.00">
					<reportElement x="270" y="0" width="60" height="15"/>
					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle" textAlignment="Left"/>
					<textFieldExpression>$F{puik_id}</textFieldExpression>
				</textField>
			</frame>			
		</band>	
  </detail>
  
  <pageFooter>
		<band height="40">
			<line>
				<reportElement x="0" y="10" width="515" height="1"/>
				<graphicElement/>
			</line>
			<textField>
				<reportElement x="200" y="20" width="80" height="15"/>
				<textElement textAlignment="Right"/>
				<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["Page " + String.valueOf($V{PAGE_NUMBER}) + " of"]]></textFieldExpression>
			</textField>
			<textField evaluationTime="Report">
				<reportElement x="280" y="20" width="75" height="15"/>
				<textElement/>
				<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[" " + String.valueOf($V{PAGE_NUMBER})]]></textFieldExpression>
			</textField>			
		</band>
	</pageFooter>
  	
	<lastPageFooter>
		<band height="60">
			<textField bookmarkLevel="1">
				<reportElement x="0" y="10" width="515" height="15"/>
				<textElement textAlignment="Center"/>
				<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["There were " + 
					String.valueOf($V{REPORT_COUNT}) + 
					" address records on this report."]]></textFieldExpression>
				<anchorNameExpression><![CDATA["Summary"]]></anchorNameExpression>
			</textField>
			<line>
				<reportElement x="0" y="30" width="515" height="1"/>
				<graphicElement/>
			</line>
			<textField>
				<reportElement x="200" y="40" width="80" height="15"/>
				<textElement textAlignment="Right"/>
				<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["Page " + String.valueOf($V{PAGE_NUMBER}) + " of"]]></textFieldExpression>
			</textField>
			<textField evaluationTime="Report">
				<reportElement x="280" y="40" width="75" height="15"/>
				<textElement/>
				<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[" " + String.valueOf($V{PAGE_NUMBER})]]></textFieldExpression>
			</textField>
		</band>
	</lastPageFooter>
		
</jasperReport>

Log4j.properties file

log4j.rootLogger=INFO, console, logfile
log4j.appender.logfile.File=../log/test.log

# Appender to log4j.log
log4j.appender.logfile=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.logfile.MaxFileSize=1000KB
log4j.appender.logfile.MaxBackupIndex=9
log4j.appender.logfile.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.logfile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p (%c:%L) - %M: %m%n
log4j.appender.logfile.Append=true

# Appender to Console
log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p (%c:%L) - %M: %m%n

Could not open `C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\lib\i386\jvm.cfg’

Problem:
I am geting this error when I enter the “java” command: “Error: could not open `C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\lib\i386\jvm.cfg'”

I have configured the PATH variable (Windows XP) and “javac” works. I cannot, however, get my programs to run because of the error every time I type “java”. Also, I did not install my JDK / SDK to the directory in which the computer is looking for the “java” cammand (ie. it is not in ‘Program Files’…). If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Solution:
Delete the “java.exe” file from “c:\windows” and “c:\windows\system32”. That should fix it.