[seam-dev] Seam Reports

[George Gastaldi]

Ok,

I need some guidance towards the right path.

First, is there a documentation available on Seam Render ?
I dug through the source code and I couldn´t find which interfaces to
implement/ classes to extend.
Seam Mail does not seem to be using Seam Render at all, except
https://github.com/seam/mail/blob/master/seam-render/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/seam/mail/templating/render/RenderTemplate.java

Can someone help me on that ?

Thanks

2011/5/18 George Gastaldi <gegastaldi at gmail.com>:
> Couldn't agree more. I'll work on it ASAP.
> Regards,
> George Gastaldi
> Em 18/05/2011, às 22:49, Ken Finnigan <ken at kenfinnigan.me> escreveu:
>
> George,
>
> You could do something like Seam Render having the API for
> rendering/generating of documents, with some basic implementations like
> velocity/freemarker templating, which is used within Seam Mail.
>
> Then Seam Reports, as well as doing a lot more, could implement the Seam
> Render generation API for Jasper/BIRT/etc.
>
> That way, Seam Render can be used when you want basic templating/generation
> and Seam Reports supports taking it to the next level with advanced document
> generation, which then allows Seam Mail (or any other module) to support the
> basic generation of Seam Render in the beginning but then also provide
> optional functionality that requires Seam Reports for the more advanced
> generation.
>
> I know it's a fine balance between making the modules too light and making
> them too heavy, but I think this could be a good separation.
>
> Ken
>
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:21 AM, George Gastaldi <gegastaldi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Ken !
>>
>> The initial proposal was to extract the Seam Mail classes onto Seam
>> Reports. Seam Render would be moved to there also.
>>
>> Thinking better, I guess that it would be better if Seam Reports
>> depended on Seam Render and Seam Mail be left as it is.
>>
>> What do you guys think ? Suggestions welcome,
>>
>> George
>>
>>
>> 2011/5/18 Ken Finnigan <ken at kenfinnigan.me>:
>> > Hi George,
>> >
>> > Just wanted to clarify whether you mean that the classes from Seam Mail
>> > for
>> > rendering would be extracted out into the Seam Render module or Seam
>> > Reports?  The way I read it it could be either way.
>> >
>> > If the former, then I think that would be a good idea.  If the latter,
>> > then
>> > I'd be concerned about the linkages to Reports from Mail.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Ken
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 6:34 PM, George Gastaldi <gegastaldi at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello All !
>> >>
>> >> Seam Reports is a portable extension for Java EE that provides APIs
>> >> for compiling, populating and rendering reports (Excel, PDF, etc) from
>> >> existing report frameworks (JasperReports, etc).
>> >>
>> >> I invite anyone to try it and join it when possible.
>> >> The module page for Seam Reports is online also:
>> >> http://seamframework.org/Seam3/ReportsModule
>> >>
>> >> Now that you are familiar with the subject, I´ll share some thoughts
>> >> below
>> >> ! :D
>> >>
>> >> I have spoken with Jason Porter and Pete Royle about incorporating
>> >> Seam Render capabilities on this module also.
>> >> The idea is, since this module produces documents, it would be nice to
>> >> extract the classes used for rendering content on Seam Mail, for
>> >> example to this module.
>> >> The inter-module dependencies should not be required at first glance
>> >> (Maybe from API).
>> >> It would be nice if this module provided an API for generating some
>> >> content (let´s say, use Velocity to generate a XHTML and XHTMLRenderer
>> >> - https://xhtmlrenderer.dev.java.net - to generate a PDF for example)
>> >> .
>> >> So whenever you need to render a document, the answer is straight
>> >> clear: use Seam Reports :)
>> >>
>> >> What do you guys think ?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> George Gastaldi
>> >> -------------------------------------------
>> >> Seam Reports Module Leader
>> >>
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