[JAVA-BIRT] eclipse birt 网站一览所获

下班时间再跑到网站上逛了一下，总结几点:

1、BIRT 1.0.1 项目计划
      birt 1.0正式发布后，开发人员将继续处理一些bug以及完善一些功能。
      计划在2005  7月25日发布新版本 BIRT 1.0.1 
       而BIRT 1.0.1 M1版本 (Including RCP version)  将在 2005   7月11日,
      界时 1.0.1 将包含
    Source code release for Eclipse BIRT
    Eclipse BIRT Report Designer 1.0.1
    Eclipse BIRT Report Engine 1.0.1
    Eclipse BIRT Chart Component 1.0.1
    Eclipse BIRT RCP Report Designer 1.0.1
    真不明白，还没有关于EXCEL支持的通知

2、1.0.1版本将计划在以下平台中测试验证，（另我希望能在其它平台下也能正常运行,例如rh低版本的，以及weblogic等: ) ）

BIRT Report Designer Reference Platforms
Operating system	Processor architecture	Window system	Java 2 Platform
Microsoft Windows XP	Intel x86	Win32	Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.4.2, version 5.0
Microsoft Windows 2000	Intel x86	Win32	Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.4.2, version 5.0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003	Intel x86	Win32	Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.4.2, version 5.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0	Intel x86	GTK	Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.4.2

BIRT Report Engine and Chart Component Reference Platforms
Operating system	Processor architecture	Window system	Java 2 Platform
Microsoft Windows XP	Intel x86	Win32*	Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.4.2
Microsoft WIndows XP	Intel x86	Win32*	IBM SDK 1.4.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003	Intel x86	Win32*	Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.4.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003	Intel x86	Win32*	IBM SDK 1.4.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0	Intel x86	GTK*	Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.4.2, BlackDown SDK 1.4.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9	Intel x86	YaST*	Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.4.2, BlackDown SDK 1.4.2

* Window system only required when displaying charts within SWT or SWING windows.

BIRT Application Server Reference Platform
Apache Tomcat 4.1.x, 5.5.x
JBoss AS 4.0.2

BIRT JDBC Reference Platforms
MySQL Connector/J 3.x JDBC driver
Derby V5.1 JDBC driver

BIRT Browsers and Viewers Reference Platforms
Mozilla Firefox 1.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0

Q: What is a "data source" and a "data set"?

• Data Set – is a description of data to be retrieved. SQL queries are the ones most often used, but BIRT also supports a wide variety of sources such as stored procedures, Java classes and so on.

           (笔者注：官方说支持存储过程以及java类等，但对这方面的说明还是太少，暂时还没找到相关）

• Data Source – is a connection to an external system, such as a JDBC connection. Data sources are optional, some data sets, such as XML or CSV files, don't need a connection.
  

Q: Can I build my own data set?

Yes. The only requirement is that your data set return data in tabular format so that BIRT can perform sorting, aggregation, grouping and so on. There are two ways to build a data set:

• Scripted data set – Best for data sets that are used by one specific report. (For example, to access a specific set of application objects.)
• Extended data set – Created using BIRT's Open Data Access (ODA) framework. Extended data sets are best when creating a generic feature used access a type of data source. (For example, to access web logs.)

 (笔者注：通过两种方式 创建data set，包括script data set ，  BIRT's Open Data Access (ODA) framework）

Q: What data sources does BIRT support?

BIRT Release 1 supports two data sources:

• JDBC – Works with any JDBC driver.
• Scripted – Lets you write code to access other data sources.

太多了。感觉这个faq最能触动我去了解学习它
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/wiki/index.php?n=FAQ.DataAccess

posted on 2005-06-28 21:45 一凡@ITO 阅读(2077) 评论(1)  编辑  收藏 所属分类: attention