What's new in the Report Application Server Java SDK

This section provides a brief summary of the new features and enhancements that are offered with this SDK.
New export formats
  • Microsoft Excel 2007 (XLSX) Data-Only
    Reports can now be exported to Microsoft Excel 2007 (XLSX) format. XLSX format supports the "Big Grid". This feature allows for up to 16385 columns and 1,048,576 rows in a single workbook.
  • Crystal Reports Read-Only (RPTR)
    Reports can be exported to the Crystal Reports Read-Only (RPTR) format.
New classes for sorting
The SortController class has been deprecated and replaced with separate classes for sorting groups and records. Use the RecordSortController to sort records, and use the GroupSortController class to sort groups. The SortController class is still supported, however, it is recommended to migrate your application to use the RecordSortController and GroupSortController classes.
Java generics
Classes that inherit from the ReportSDKVector class can now use generics to enable compile-time type checking and to reduce the amount of casting needed when working with these classes.
Previously, some objects had to be explicitly cast after being retreived. In this version of the SDK, you can use generics to avoid this casting. This example shows how to use generics with the Fields collection to obtain an IParameterField object without casting.
Fields<IParameterField> parameterFields = reportClientDocument.getDataDefController().getDataDefinition().getParameterFields();
IParameterField parameterField = parameterFields.get(0);