Re: [birt-report-engine-dev] BIRTReport Engine in a Portlet

["Deepa Remesh" <dremesh@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have added a wiki page with a simple example of how to deploy the
BIRT Report Engine in a portlet.

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Portlet_Example

Please take a look and see if it works for you.

Thanks,
Deepa

On 12/1/06, Deepa Remesh <dremesh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jetspeed-2 distribution uses
> org.apache.pluto.core.impl.PortletContextImpl class available in
> pluto-1.0.1.jar in $JETSPEED_HOME/shared/lib. If you use this jar when
> you build your classes, it should resolve the ClassCastException.
>
> Thanks,
> Deepa
>
>
> On 12/1/06, Kai Hemmer <kh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear Deepa,
> >
> > I'm using the Jetspeed portal server 2.0, the same like you.
> >
> > Could you please tell me the package (jar) where to find the class
> > PortletContextImpl. Some google results showed me that this class is
> > available from different providers in different package structures.
> >
> > I tried it with org.apache.pluto.core.impl.PortletContextImpl.
> >
> > Thank you very much for your reply.
> >
> > Best regards...
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: birt-report-engine-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:birt-report-engine-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Deepa
> > Remesh
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 1. Dezember 2006 17:02
> > An: For developers on the BIRT Report Engine project
> > Betreff: Re: [birt-report-engine-dev] BIRTReport Engine in a Portlet
> >
> > Which portal server are you using? The below solution had worked for
> > me for Apache Jetspeed-2 portal.
> >
> > Also, I think posting this question to the BIRT newsgroup may make it
> > visible to more people and maybe produce more responses.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Deepa
> >
> > On 12/1/06, Kai Hemmer <kh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'm trying to use the BIRTReportEngine API in a portlet.
> > >
> > > I have been trying to do this by modifying the servlet example on the web
> > > site: http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Servlet_Example
> > >
> > > My problem now is to get a ServletContext from the portlet in order to
> > > create and get an IReportEngine-object.
> > >
> > > I know there was an article from Deepa Remesh (Tue, 24 Oct 2006) with the
> > > following subject "Deploying BIRT Report Engine in a portlet ?". Deepa
> > > resolved the problem by casting the portletContext into PortletContextImpl
> > > and called the method getServletContext().
> > >
> > > ServletContext sc =
> > >
> > ((PortletContextImpl)req.getPortletSession().getPortletContext()).getServlet
> > > Context();
> > >
> > > But I get a classCastException by doing this!
> > >
> > > Does anyone have an idea what to do?
> > >
> > > Or is there any other way to create an IReportEngine in a portlet?
> > >
> > > I would appreciate any help.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > P.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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