problems with chart reports

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I'm working on a utility that can run reports by invoking it from the command line. This is a simple, stand-alone Java application (no web application).

The reports work, except the reports containing charts.
I'm using birt-runtime-2_3_0 and jdk1.5.0_11.
I've tried with birt-runtime-2_3_1 and no luck.
The same reports with charts work when I'm using birt-runtime-2_2_1_1 in my utility or when I use the preview button in Eclipse (birt-report-designer-all-in-one-2_3_1)!

First, when I open the report design I see this suspicious exception being logged (using birt-runtime-2_3_0):

org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource$IOWrappedException: Feature 'xsi' not found. (file:///C:/workspace/Server-Head/test.chart, 1, 367)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLLoadImpl.handleErrors(XMLLoadImpl.java:83)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLLoadImpl.load(XMLLoadImpl.java:191)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLResourceImpl.doLoad(XMLResourceImpl.java:180)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceImpl.load(ResourceImpl.java:1445)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.impl.SerializerImpl.fromXml(SerializerImpl.java:393)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemImpl.deserialize(ChartReportItemImpl.java:266)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.extension.PeerExtensibilityProvider.initializeReportItem(PeerExtensibilityProvider.java:564)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.initializeReportItem(ExtendedItem.java:308)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.doCheck(ExtendedItem.java:665)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ExtendedItem.checkCompatibility(ExtendedItem.java:627)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.parser.ModuleParserHandler.handleExtendedItemCompatibility(ModuleParserHandler.java:345)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.parser.ModuleParserHandler.endDocument(ModuleParserHandler.java:332)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.endEntity(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.endEntity(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityScanner.load(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityScanner.skipSpaces(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$TrailingMiscDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:375)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.parser.ModuleReader.readModule(ModuleReader.java:95)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.parser.DesignReader.read(DesignReader.java:90)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.DesignSession.openDesign(DesignSession.java:316)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.SessionHandle.openDesign(SessionHandle.java:292)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.parser.ReportParser.getDesignHandle(ReportParser.java:158)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.ReportEngineHelper.openReportDesign(ReportEngineHelper.java:251)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.ReportEngineHelper.openReportDesign(ReportEngineHelper.java:191)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.ReportEngineHelper.openReportDesign(ReportEngineHelper.java:125)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.ReportEngine.openReportDesign(ReportEngine.java:285)


Then, when I run the report I get this exception (after other warnings as NullPointerException in org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.impl.SerializerImpl.asXml(SerializerImpl.java:156)):

Oct 24, 2008 10:31:51 AM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunTask doRun
SEVERE: An error happened while running the report. Cause:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemUtil.isBaseGroupingDefined(ChartReportItemUtil.java:466)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.AbstractChartBaseQueryGenerator.createBaseGroupingDefinition(AbstractChartBaseQueryGenerator.java:574)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.AbstractChartBaseQueryGenerator.initCategoryGrouping(AbstractChartBaseQueryGenerator.java:412)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.AbstractChartBaseQueryGenerator.generateGroupBindings(AbstractChartBaseQueryGenerator.java:289)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartBaseQueryHelper.createBaseQuery(ChartBaseQueryHelper.java:94)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemQueryImpl.createQuery(ChartReportItemQueryImpl.java:126)
at org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem.ChartReportItemQueryImpl.createReportQueries(ChartReportItemQueryImpl.java:92)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.ReportQueryBuilder$QueryBuilderVisitor.visitExtendedItem(ReportQueryBuilder.java:658)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.ir.ExtendedItemDesign.accept(ExtendedItemDesign.java:45)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.ReportQueryBuilder.build(ReportQueryBuilder.java:261)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.ReportQueryBuilder.build(ReportQueryBuilder.java:243)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.AbstractDataEngine.prepare(AbstractDataEngine.java:165)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.ReportExecutor.execute(ReportExecutor.java:101)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.wrap.WrappedReportExecutor.execute(WrappedReportExecutor.java:59)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.emitter.ReportEmitterExecutor.execute(ReportEmitterExecutor.java:76)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.wrap.WrappedReportExecutor.execute(WrappedReportExecutor.java:59)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.dup.SuppressDuplciateReportExecutor.execute(SuppressDuplciateReportExecutor.java:51)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.presentation.ReportDocumentBuilder.build(ReportDocumentBuilder.java:193)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunTask.doRun(RunTask.java:228)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunTask.run(RunTask.java:89)


Obviously, there is something totally different between birt-runtime-2_2_1_1 and birt-runtime-2_3_0/2_3_1 in regards to charts.


Thank you for any suggestions.