<s>
JasperReports	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Java	B-Language
reporting	O
tool	O
that	O
can	O
write	O
to	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
targets	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
screen	O
,	O
a	O
printer	O
,	O
into	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
,	O
RTF	O
,	O
ODT	B-Application
,	O
comma-separated	O
values	O
(	O
CSV	O
)	O
or	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Java-enabled	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
or	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
to	O
generate	O
dynamic	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reads	O
its	O
instructions	O
from	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
or	O
.jasper	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JasperReports	B-Language
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Lisog	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
stack	O
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JasperReports	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
reporting	O
library	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
into	O
any	O
Java	B-Language
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scriptlet	O
is	O
built	O
using	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
has	O
many	O
hooks	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
invoked	O
before	O
or	O
after	O
stages	O
of	O
the	O
report	O
generation	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Report	O
,	O
Page	O
,	O
Column	O
or	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
users	O
with	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
report	O
management	O
requirements	O
,	O
reports	O
designed	O
for	O
JasperReports	B-Language
can	O
be	O
easily	O
imported	O
into	O
the	O
JasperServer	O
—	O
the	O
interactive	O
report	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teodor	O
Danciu	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
JasperReports	B-Language
in	O
June	O
2001	O
;	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
project	O
was	O
registered	O
in	O
September	O
2001	O
and	O
JasperReports	B-Language
0.1.5	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Panscopic	O
teamed	O
up	O
with	O
Teodor	O
Danciu	O
,	O
acquired	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
of	O
JasperReports	B-Language
,	O
and	O
changed	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
Jaspersoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JasperReports	B-Language
Version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
was	O
originally	O
licensed	O
under	O
a	O
copyleft	B-License
JasperReports	B-Language
License	O
and	O
later	O
moved	O
to	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jaspersoft	O
's	O
main	O
related	O
product	O
is	O
JasperReports	B-Language
Server	O
,	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
provides	O
advanced	O
report	O
server	O
capabilities	O
such	O
as	O
report	O
scheduling	O
and	O
permissions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
license	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
infrastructure	O
such	O
as	O
MySQL	B-Application
and	O
JBoss	B-Language
,	O
or	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	O
for	O
enterprise	O
deployments	O
involving	O
commercial	O
databases	O
and	O
application	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jaspersoft	O
provides	O
commercial	O
software	O
around	O
the	O
JasperReports	B-Language
product	O
,	O
and	O
negotiate	O
contracts	O
with	O
software	O
developers	O
that	O
wish	O
to	O
embed	O
the	O
JasperReports	B-Language
engine	O
into	O
a	O
closed	O
source	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jaspersoft	O
is	O
a	O
gold	O
partner	O
with	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
JasperReports	B-Language
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
distribution	O
Bizgres	O
version	O
0.7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JasperReports	B-Language
reports	O
are	O
defined	O
in	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
format	O
,	O
called	O
JRXML	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
hand-coded	O
,	O
generated	O
,	O
or	O
designed	O
using	O
a	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
format	O
is	O
defined	O
by	O
a	O
document	B-Language
type	I-Language
definition	I-Language
or	O
XML	B-Language
schema	I-Language
for	O
newer	O
versions	O
,	O
providing	O
limited	O
interoperability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
Java	B-Language
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environments	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
NetBeans	B-Application
,	O
Eclipse	B-Application
and	O
IBM	O
Websphere	O
Studio	O
Application	O
Developer	O
provide	O
instructions	O
for	O
users	O
wishing	O
to	O
integrate	O
JasperReports	B-Language
into	O
a	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
