Deploying ODA Drivers to BIRT Web Viewer in Tomcat

Hi, 
 
I have written an ODA Driver that interfaces to our application. All is running fine with BIRT in Eclipse Indigo (3.7) SDK. Now I am at the stage where I want to run my report in the BIRT web viewer within Tomcat. As the ODA Driver was developed in Eclipse Indigo (3.7) I have downloaded the BIRT Runtime 3.7 from: 
 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/birt/downloads/drops/R-R1-3_7_0-201106151818/birt-runtime-3_7_0.zip'>BIRT Download</a> 
 
When unzipped I have the following folder structure: 
 
 
\birt-runtime-3_7_0 
----about_files 
----ReportEngine 
----WebViewerExample

logs

report

scriptlib

webcontent

WEB-INF

lib

tlds

CancelTask.jsp

index.jsp

test.rptdesign

test1.rptdesign 
 
 
 
I have copied the WebViewerExample folder to my Apache Tomcat installation folder which is: 
 
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\webapps 
 
I have renamed WebViewerExample folder to birt-web-viewer - pretty much what is documented in <a class='bbc_url' href='http://wiki.eclipse.org/BirtPOJO_Viewer_Tomcat_Deployment'>BirtPOJO_Viewer_Tomcat_Deployment</a>. 
 
I can run the test.rptdesign example that is included with the download that you run from the index.jsp page. So far so good. 
 
I have packaged my ODA Driver up as follows (following Integrating and Extending BIRT Second Edition book). This is the structure on the filesystem/hard disk: 
 
dist/org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.myoda 
 
----lib 
---- - - contains all of the JAR files that my driver depends such as mssqlserver.jar 
----META-INF

MANIFEST.MF 
----plugin.xml 
----myoda.jar 
 
Now I need to deploy/copy my ODA Drivers to birt-web-viewer. The question is where do I need to copy to? 
 
In the previous installation of BIRT Viewer 2.6, there was a platform/plugins folder under WEB-INF. This is not there anymore in 3.7. This included things like: 
 
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc_2.6.2.r262_v20110127 
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.sampledb_2.6.2.r262_v20110127 
org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.fonts_2.6.2.r262_v20110127 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility.registry_3.3.0.v20100520 
com.ibm.icu_4.2.1.v20100412 
... and so on (there are 124 items) ... 
 
** UPDATE ** 
I have come across a migration guide for this which can be found <a class='bbc_url' href='http://wiki.eclipse.org/Birt_3.7_Migration_Guide'>here</a>. It indicates that you copy your exported plugin to the WEB-INF/lib folder. 
 
I have tried this. I have copied org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.myoda_1.0.1 from my dist folder into the WEB-INF/lib folder. 
 
When I click a link I have edited to my report (I have edited the index.jsp to do this), it pops up with the report parameters window in the browser which is correct as I have 2 report parameters. I enter the report parameters and I get the progress dialog. The report completes with errors and partially displays - only the title. The table that is linked to my data set is not fully rendered - I only get the column headers. 
 
There is a whole bunch of red text in the report which is the Exception stack trace. The summary part is: 
 
The following items have errors: 
 
Table (id = 48): 
+ Can not load the report query: 48. Errors occurred when generating the report document for the report element with ID 48. (Element ID:48) 
 
This detailed exception is as follows: 
 
 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
Error.ReportQueryLoadingError2 ( 1 time(s) )
detail : org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.EngineException: Can not load the report query: 48. Errors occurred when generating the report document for the report element with ID 48. (Element ID:48)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.DataPresentationEngine.doExecuteQuery(DataPresentationEngine.java:160)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.AbstractDataEngine.execute(AbstractDataEngine.java:265)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.ExecutionContext.executeQuery(ExecutionContext.java:1897)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.document.v4.ReportItemExecutor.executeQuery(ReportItemExecutor.java:412)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.document.v4.TableItemExecutor.doExecute(TableItemExecutor.java:72)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.document.v4.ReportItemExecutor.execute(ReportItemExecutor.java:294)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.document.v4.ContainerExecutor.prepareChildExecutor(ContainerExecutor.java:226)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.document.v4.ContainerExecutor.hasNextChild(ContainerExecutor.java:110)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.wrap.WrappedReportItemExecutor.hasNextChild(WrappedReportItemExecutor.java:86)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.wrap.WrappedReportItemExecutor.hasNextChild(WrappedReportItemExecutor.java:86)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RenderTask$ReportExecutorWrapper.hasNextChild(RenderTask.java:800)
</pre>
 
And in one of the log files that appears under birt-web-viewer/logs, I have the following information logged: 
 
 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
29-Jul-2011 14:13:45 org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.Driver doGetDriverManifest
SEVERE: Cannot find or process the ODA data source extension configuration.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot find the ODA dataSource extension (org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.sentinel).
Check the workspace log file for any problems with loading the extension bundle and its dependencies.
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.util.manifest.ManifestExplorer.getExtensionManifest(ManifestExplorer.java:200)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.Driver.doGetDriverManifest(Driver.java:152)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.Driver.findDataSourceExtensionConfig(Driver.java:128)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.Driver.getDriverExtensionConfig(Driver.java:79)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.Driver.getExtensionConfig(Driver.java:61)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.Driver.createNewDriverHelper(Driver.java:99)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.DriverManager.getDriverHelper(DriverManager.java:115)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.DriverManager.getNewDriverHelper(DriverManager.java:101)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:150)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.executor.DataSource.newConnection(DataSource.java:224)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.executor.DataSource.open(DataSource.java:212)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.DataSourceRuntime.openOdiDataSource(DataSourceRuntime.java:217)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.QueryExecutor.openDataSource(QueryExecutor.java:409)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.QueryExecutor.prepareExecution(QueryExecutor.java:319)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.PreparedQuery.doPrepare(PreparedQuery.java:455)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.PreparedDataSourceQuery.produceQueryResults(PreparedDataSourceQuery.java:190)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.PreparedDataSourceQuery.execute(PreparedDataSourceQuery.java:178)
at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.PreparedOdaDSQuery.execute(PreparedOdaDSQuery.java:145)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.data.adapter.impl.DataRequestSessionImpl.execute(DataRequestSessionImpl.java:616)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.DteDataEngine.doExecuteQuery(DteDataEngine.java:152)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.DataGenerationEngine.doExecuteQuery(DataGenerationEngine.java:80)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.AbstractDataEngine.execute(AbstractDataEngine.java:265)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.ExecutionContext.executeQuery(ExecutionContext.java:1897)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.QueryItemExecutor.executeQuery(QueryItemExecutor.java:80)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.TableItemExecutor.execute(TableItemExecutor.java:62)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.wrap.WrappedReportItemExecutor.execute(WrappedReportItemExecutor.java:46)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.emitter.ReportItemEmitterExecutor.execute(ReportItemEmitterExecutor.java:46)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.dup.SuppressDuplicateItemExecutor.execute(SuppressDuplicateItemExecutor.java:43)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.wrap.WrappedReportItemExecutor.execute(WrappedReportItemExecutor.java:46)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.l18n.LocalizedReportItemExecutor.execute(LocalizedReportItemExecutor.java:34)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.html.HTMLBlockStackingLM.layoutNodes(HTMLBlockStackingLM.java:65)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.html.HTMLPageLM.layout(HTMLPageLM.java:92)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.html.HTMLReportLayoutEngine.layout(HTMLReportLayoutEngine.java:100)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.presentation.ReportDocumentBuilder.build(ReportDocumentBuilder.java:249)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunTask.doRun(RunTask.java:260)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunTask.run(RunTask.java:85)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.ReportEngineService.runReport(ReportEngineService.java:1317)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.BirtViewerReportService.runReport(BirtViewerReportService.java:158)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.actionhandler.BirtRunReportActionHandler.__execute(BirtRunReportActionHandler.java:81)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.actionhandler.BirtChangeParameterActionHandler.runReport(BirtChangeParameterActionHandler.java:58)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.actionhandler.AbstractChangeParameterActionHandler.__execute(AbstractChangeParameterActionHandler.java:53)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.actionhandler.AbstractBaseActionHandler.execute(AbstractBaseActionHandler.java:90)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.soapengine.processor.AbstractBaseDocumentProcessor.__executeAction(AbstractBaseDocumentProcessor.java:47)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.soapengine.processor.AbstractBaseComponentProcessor.executeAction(AbstractBaseComponentProcessor.java:143)

...

</pre>
 
Have I copied my ODA driver to the correct folder - i.e. WEB-INF/lib? 
 
I am assuming my manifest is correct as I have created the project as per the book instructions. The META-INF/MANIFEST.MF is different on the filesystem to what is in the myoda.jar file. The manifest from the jar file is as follows: 
 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.8.2
Created-By: 1.6.0_24-b07 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
</pre>
 
Whereas the one on the file system contains (summary of): 
 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
Bundle-Name: MyODA Driver
Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.myoda; singleton:=true
Bundle-Version: 1.0.1
Bundle-ClassPath: lib/activation.jar,
lib/bsh-2.0b2.jar,
lib/comm.jar,
</pre>
 
 
 
Any thoughts? 
 
Thanks 
 
Andez

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JasonW

Andez,

I need to update that guide to reflect your use case. When you export your plugin you do copy it to the WebInf/lib, but you need to remove your jars from the plugin and put them in the web-inf/lib as well. So export the plugin, extract and remove the jars that your plugin depends on from the exported plugin. Copy the reduced plugin and the extracted jars to the web-inf/lib folder.

Jason

Paul A

Jason,

When the myoda.jar file is compiled it does not include the dependant JARs within it. All that was included were the .class files and the META-INF\MANIFEST.MF file which had the content as per my original post.

I have copied the dependant JARs to the WEB-INF\lib folder.
I have copied the folder org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.myoda (this is what the export wizard generated) to WEB-INF\lib folder.

I now have my target as:
WEB-INF\lib
WEB-INF\lib\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.myoda\META-INF
WEB-INF\lib\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.myoda\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF
WEB-INF\lib\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.myoda\plugin.xml
WEB-INF\lib\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.myoda\myoda.jar
WEB-INF\lib\ -- all dependant jars --

I am still getting the same problem as before.

Andez

JasonW

This does not look like you are using the export wizard in the manifest editor. Use option 4 as shown in the attached screenshot.

Jason

Paul A

Hi Jason,

Thats exactly what I have been using to do the export.

Perhaps I am not adding the myoda.jar file to the correctly. I did it through the Build Configuration tab. I have attached screen shots of the Runtime and Build Configuration.

I think I am exporting correctly. I have also attached screen shot for this.

The thing of concern is 2 different manifests. One generated in the jar file and the one in the file system (see original post). I am not too sure if this looks correct.

Any more thoughts?

Cheers

Andez

JasonW

Andez,

On your build I noticed you do not have the lib folder checked for the build. The way you have it setup you need to have this checked to include the libs in the build.

Jason

Paul A

Jason,

I did have the lib folder checked initially in the Build tab. I have rechecked it and exported again and the same problem occurs in the web viewer.

I have gone back to basics now and created a new ODA Driver and ODA Designer. This uses an external JAR I have created which basically returns the query result in an Object[][] using hard coded values. This runs fine when debugging, but I get the same error when I deploy it to BIRT web viewer.

So I must be doing something wrong when exporting. I will add this information in a separate reply.

On a side note, am I correct in thinking you do not need to deploy the designer to the birt web viewer? Just the ODA Driver.

Cheers,

Paul

Paul A

OK, I have created the new Simple BIRT ODA Driver projects in Eclipse. 
 
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest 
 
1. Create project via ODA Runtime Driver Plugin Wizard 
2. See screenshots for each screen in wizard. 
3. Manually add lib folder to project using New->Folder. 
4. Copy BirtDATest.jar to the lib folder in the project using Windows Explorer. 
5. Refresh the folder in the eclipse project. 
6. Add a reference to the BirtDATest.jar in Project Properties->Java Build Path. See screenshot. 
7. Open the Manifest for the project. 
8. Click on the Runtime tab. 
9. Remove all entries in the Classpath. 
10. In Classpath, click on New... and enter the new library name of birttest.jar. 
11. Click on Add... and select the lib\BirtDATest.jar. 
12. In Exported Packages ensure the following are added: 
birtdatest 
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest 
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.impl (1.0.0) 
13. Click on the Build tab. 
14. In the Runtime Information, ensure that birttest.jar is visible. 
15. In Binary Build, ensure that META-INF, BirtDATest.jar, plugin.properties, plugin.xml are checked. 
16. Make the necessary code changes to the project to retrieve the data from BirtDATest. 
 
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui 
 
1. Follow the wizards through to create the project. Ensure that This plug-in will make contributions to the UI is checked. 
2. Open the Manifest for the project. 
3. Click on the Runtime tab. 
4. In Exported Packages ensure the following are added: 
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui 
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui.impl 
5. In Classpath, click on New... and enter the new library name of birttestui.jar. 
6. Click on the Build tab. 
7. In the Runtime Information, ensure that birttest.jar is visible. 
8. In Binary Build, ensure that META-INF, BirtDATest.jar, plugin.properties, plugin.xml, icons are checked. 
9. No code changes to make. 
 
I have gone through and replaced all reference to %... plug in properties ... to a hard coded name. 
 
At this point I can debug the workspace, add the new data source, and add the new data set. I have added a table to the report and dragged the data sets columns to it. I can run the report and it displays fine. 
 
I have exported the org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest in the same manor as my original problem project. The following files are exported: 
 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0\birttestui.jar

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0\icons

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0\META-INF

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0\plugin.properties

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0\plugin.xml

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0\icons\datasetpage.ico

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0\icons\new_oda_dswiz.ico

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0\icons\profile.gif

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.ui_1.0.0\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0\birttest.jar

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0\lib

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0\META-INF

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0\plugin.properties

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0\plugin.xml

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0\lib\BirtDATest.jar

\Eclipse\Workspaces\BIRT Dev\deploy\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF
</pre>
 
I have copied org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0 to the birt web viewer WEB-INF\lib folder. I have copied BirtDATest.jar to the WEB-INF\lib folder. 
 
The same exceptions are appearing. 
 
 
Update 
 
I have downloaded BIRT RCP from <a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/birt/downloads/drops/R-R1-3_7_0-201106151818/birt-rcp-report-designer-3_7_0.zip'>here</a>. 
 
Once downloaded, I have copied both my initial org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.sentinel Designer and Driver and the org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest Driver and Designer to the plugins folder for the new BIRT download. 
 
Both drivers are working fine with in BIRT RCP. I can view them in the internal web viewer. 
BIRT web viewer does not work. 
 
There are no warnings or errors reported for the org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest Driver and Designer within Eclipse SDK. I will endevour to get these working with the BIRT web viewer before trying to change my main project. 
 
 
:-( 
 
Andez

Paul A

Some success finally with the ODA Drivers... 
 
It turns out I need to Export the driver using the Export from Eclipse, not the Manifest Editor. I came across this link <a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseBIRT/article.html#tomcat_birtinstall'>Tomcat BIRT Install</a>. 
 
These are the steps I followed to Export it. 
 
To deploy the ODA Driver, I am using the Export functionality from the Eclipse workspace: 
1. Right-click on the project and select Export... 
2. Select JAR file from the Export dialog. 
3. Ensure the driver to export is selected. 
4. In the right hand-side view, ensure that the following are selected: 
5. Ensure .classpath, .project, build.properties, plugin.properties, plugin.xml are checked. 
6. Ensure that Export fenerated class files and resources is checked. 
7. Select the JAR file to create in the JAR file text field. 
8. Optionally check the Compress the contents of the JAR file. 
9. Click on Next. 
10. Click on Next (JAR Packaging Options) 
11. Select Use existing manifest from workspace and browse to the MANIFEST.MF file. 
12. Click on finish 
13. Copy the created JAR file to the WEB-INF/lib folder. 
14. Start Tomcat (restart if started) 
15. Browse to the report via link in index.jsp. 
 
The report is now displayed. 
 
 
Andez

JasonW

The way you did it works obviously, but the manifest editor should work as well. Can you compare the plugins to see what is different between the two methods? BTW you should only copy the runtime plugin to tomcat as the runtime does nothing with the gui. When deploying a runtime plugin that has a dependency on a ui plugin will cause the plugin to fail to load in the deployed birt viewer.

Jason

Paul A

Jason 
 
The ODA Runtime Driver does not have any reference/dependency on the UI Designer Driver. The difference between the 2 exports is quite large. These create the following files: 
 
Export via Manifest 
 
Files and folders generated under org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest_1.0.0 
\birttest.jar 
\Files.txt 
\lib 
\META-INF 
\plugin.properties 
\plugin.xml 
\lib\BirtDATest.jar 
\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF 
 
Manifest Content 
 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
Bundle-Name: BirtTest Data Source ODA Runtime Driver
Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest; singleton:=true
Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
Bundle-ClassPath: birttest.jar,
lib/BirtDATest.jar
Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.Activator
Bundle-Vendor: QuorumDev.com
Bundle-Localization: plugin
Export-Package: birtdatest,
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest;uses:="org.osgi.framework",
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.impl;version="1.0.0";
uses:="org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.util.manifest,
com.ibm.icu.util,
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.spec,
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda"
Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime,
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda;bundle-version="[3.3.0,4.0.0)",
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.profile;bundle-version="[3.2.0,4.0.0)"
Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.6
Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
</pre>
 
birttest.jar Contents 
\META-INF 
\org 
\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF 
\org\eclipse 
\org\eclipse\birt 
\org\eclipse\birt\report 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\Activator.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\Connection.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\DataSetMetaData.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\Driver.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\ParameterMetaData.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\Query.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\ResultSet.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\ResultSetMetaData.class 
 
birttest.jar Manifest 
 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.8.2
Created-By: 1.6.0_24-b07 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
</pre>
 
Export via Eclipse 
 
The export using Eclipse creates a single JAR file. 
 
JAR file and folder contents 
 
\.classpath 
\.project 
\build.properties 
\Files.txt 
\lib 
\META-INF 
\org 
\plugin.properties 
\plugin.xml 
\lib\BirtDATest.jar 
\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF 
\org\eclipse 
\org\eclipse\birt 
\org\eclipse\birt\report 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\Activator.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\Connection.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\DataSetMetaData.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\Driver.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\ParameterMetaData.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\Query.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\ResultSet.class 
\org\eclipse\birt\report\data\oda\birttest\impl\ResultSetMetaData.class 
 
Manifest 
 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Export-Package: birtdatest,org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest;u
ses:="org.osgi.framework",org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.i
mpl;version="1.0.0"; uses:="org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.ut
il.manifest, com.ibm.icu.util, org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.o
da.spec, org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda"
Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
Bundle-ClassPath: birttest.jar,lib/BirtDATest.jar
Bundle-Name: BirtTest Data Source ODA Runtime Driver
Bundle-Localization: plugin
Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.6
Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime,org.eclipse.datatools.connect
ivity.oda;bundle-version="[3.3.0,4.0.0)",org.eclipse.datatools.connec
tivity.oda.profile;bundle-version="[3.2.0,4.0.0)"
Bundle-Vendor: QuorumDev.com
Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest.Activator
Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.birttest; single
ton:=true
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Paul

JasonW

Paul,

Was this for 3.7?

Jason

Paul A

Hi Jason, 
 
Yes I am using 3.7 (Eclipse Indigo SDK and BIRT) 
 
Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools SDK 
 
Version: 3.7.0.v20110603-809u78FT0z0-TVCu7ujN7w 
Build id: v20110607-1526 
 
BIRT Chart Context Sensitive Help 
 
Version: 3.7.0.v20110603-46-7w31221641 
Build id: v20110607-1526 
 
BIRT Context Sensitive Help 
 
Version: 3.7.0.v20110603-46-7w31221641 
Build id: v20110607-1526 
 
BIRT Documentation 
 
Version: 3.7.0.v20110603-46-7w31221714 
Build id: v20110607-1526 
 
BIRT Example 
 
Version: 3.7.0.v20110603-7M7l-DZRDKKDnDc 
Build id: v20110607-1526 
 
Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools 
 
Version: 3.7.0.v20110603-BDF9E7AGTzuHfngz-8A08WvWDv8v 
Build id: v20110607-1526 
 
 
Paul

JasonW

Paul,

If the exported driver contains any jars the 3.7 runtime will not find them. Using the manifest approach you had a couple of jars in the output. If you extract these jars and put them in the web-inf/lib folder of the viewer they should be found. The plugin still needs to be placed in the web-inf/lib as well.

Jason

Paul A

Hi Jason,

I've re-exported the JAR file without including the referenced JARs. This works fine still. I did copy the referenced JARs to the WEB-INF\lib folder.

Are there any definitive guides on line on how exports should be conducted? i.e. exporting to Tomcat webserver, exporting to BIRT Eclipse RCP.

Regards,

Paul

JasonW

Currently just what we have in the migration guide is all that I know of. This is mainly because before 3.7 all plugins were exported using the manifest editor no matter where they were installed.

Jason