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BIRT Report Engine and Java APIs

The BIRT Report Engine is a collection of Java classes and API's used to execute BIRT reports and generate them in a variety of formats.

Features Overview

The BIRT Report Engine is part of the Eclipse BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) project, an Eclipse Foundation open source project initiated and co-led by Actuate, the sponsor for BIRT Exchange. It is licensed under the Eclipse Public License (EPL).

Execution & Output Generation Services

The BIRT Report Engine and its APIs allow Java application developers to quickly integrate powerful report generation capabilities into their applications without having to build the infrastructure from lower level Java components. It includes Java classes that execute a report and generate the output within the context of an application. It includes a sample BIRT Viewer that encapsulates the APIs.

Multiple Use Paradigms

The BIRT Report Engine and its APIs can be downloaded in open source form from eclipse.org and BIRT Exchange for embedding in custom applications, and are available on BIRT Exchange encapsulated in report designer, deployment and server products that provide additional value-added reporting services.