package com.mevipro.test;

public class Person {
	
	private Long id;

	private String name;

	private String lastName;

	public Person() {
		super();
	}

	public Person(String name, String lastName) {
		super();
		this.name = name;
		this.lastName = lastName;
	}
	
	

	public Person(Long id, String name, String lastName) {
		super();
		this.id = id;
		this.name = name;
		this.lastName = lastName;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Returns the id.
	 */
	public Long getId() {
		return id;
	}

	/**
	 * @param id The id to set.
	 */
	public void setId(Long id) {
		this.id = id;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Returns the lastName.
	 */
	public String getLastName() {
		return lastName;
	}

	/**
	 * @param lastName The lastName to set.
	 */
	public void setLastName(String lastName) {
		this.lastName = lastName;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Returns the name.
	 */
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	/**
	 * @param name The name to set.
	 */
	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
	
	
}

package com.mevipro.test.action;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager;

import com.mevipro.test.Person;
import com.opensymphony.xwork.ActionSupport;

public class JasperAction extends ActionSupport {
	
	//basic List - it will serve as our dataSource later on
	private List myList;

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see com.opensymphony.xwork.ActionSupport#execute()
	 */
	public String execute() throws Exception {

		// create some imaginary persons
		Person p1 = new Person(new Long(1), "Patrick", "Lightbuddie");
		Person p2 = new Person(new Long(2), "Jason", "Carrora");
		Person p3 = new Person(new Long(3), "Alexandru", "Papesco");
		Person p4 = new Person(new Long(4), "Jay", "Boss");

		/*
		 * store everything in a list - normally, this should be coming from a
		 * database but for the sake of simplicity, I left that out
		 */
		myList = new ArrayList();
		myList.add(p1);
		myList.add(p2);
		myList.add(p3);
		myList.add(p4);
		
		/*
		 * Here we compile our xml jasper template to a jasper file.
		 * Note: this isn't exactly considered 'good practice'.
		 * You should either use precompiled jasper files (.jasper) or provide some kind of check
		 * to make sure you're not compiling the file on every request.
		 * If you don't have to compile the report, you just setup your data source (eg. a List)
		 */
		try {
			JasperCompileManager.compileReportToFile(
					"WW_WEBAPP/jasper/our_jasper_template.jrxml",
					"WW_WEBAPP/jasper/our_compiled_template.jasper");
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			return ERROR;
		}
		//if all goes well ..
		return SUCCESS;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Returns the myList.
	 */
	public List getMyList() {
		return myList;
	}

}

<?xml version="1.0"?>
    <!DOCTYPE jasperReport 
  PUBLIC "-//JasperReports//DTD Report Design//EN" 
  "http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/dtds/jasperreport.dtd">
    <jasperReport name="jasper_test">
      <!-- our fields -->
      <field name="name" class="java.lang.String"/>
      <field name="lastName" class="java.lang.String"/>
      <title>
        <band height="50">
          <staticText>
            <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="180" height="15"/>
            <textElement/>
            <text>
              <![CDATA[Webwork JasperReports Sample]]>
            </text>
          </staticText>
        </band>
      </title>
      <pageHeader>
        <band></band>
      </pageHeader>
      <columnHeader>
        <band height="20">
          <staticText>
            <reportElement x="180" y="0" width="180" height="20"/>
            <textElement>
              <font isUnderline="true"/>
            </textElement>
            <text>
              <![CDATA[NAME]]>
            </text>
          </staticText>
          <staticText>
            <reportElement x="360" y="0" width="180" height="20"/>
            <textElement>
              <font isUnderline="true"/>
            </textElement>
            <text>
              <![CDATA[LASTNAME]]>
            </text>
          </staticText>
        </band>
      </columnHeader>
      <detail>
        <band height="20">
          <textField>
            <reportElement x="180" y="0" width="180" height="15"/>
            <textElement/>
            <textFieldExpression>
              <![CDATA[$F{name}]]>
            </textFieldExpression>
          </textField>
          <textField>
            <reportElement x="360" y="0" width="180" height="15"/>
            <textElement/>
            <textFieldExpression>
              <![CDATA[$F{lastName}]]>
            </textFieldExpression>
          </textField>
        </band>
      </detail>
      <columnFooter>
        <band></band>
      </columnFooter>
      <pageFooter>
        <band height="15">
          <staticText>
            <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="40" height="15"/>
            <textElement/>
            <text>
              <![CDATA[Page:]]>
            </text>
          </staticText>
          <textField>
            <reportElement x="40" y="0" width="100" height="15"/>
            <textElement/>
            <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.Integer">
              <![CDATA[$V{PAGE_NUMBER}]]>
            </textFieldExpression>
          </textField>
        </band>
      </pageFooter>
      <summary>
        <band></band>
      </summary>
    </jasperReport>

$F{name}

$F{lastName}

<action name="myJasperTest" class="com.mevipro.test.action.JasperAction">
	<result name="success" type="jasper">
		<param name="location">/jasper/our_compiled_template.jasper</param>
		<param name="dataSource">myList</param>
		<param name="format">PDF</param>
	</result>
</action>

<action name="myJasperTest" class="com.mevipro.test.action.JasperAction">

<result name="success" type="jasper">

<include file="webwork-default.xml"/>

<param name="location">/jasper/our_compiled_template.jasper</param>

<param name="dataSource">myList</param>

<param name="format">PDF</param>