Should I look into Apache FOP for PDF generation?

Question

Java

In the project, we actively use JasperReports to generate PDFs. Now I came across the Apache FOP library.
Please share your experience. Should it be considered as an alternative to JasperReports?

Answer 1

Worth it if you're willing to deal with XSL-FO . We used to work with DocBook: DocBook -> XSL-FO -> PDF/HTML (more precisely, https://www.nuget.org/packages/crispin.fop/ - port of Apache FOP on dotnet).

Answer 2

and jasper reports uses itext2 to generate pdf.

Answer 3

row = 1,2,3,4,5,6...
value = 11,12,13,14,16...
1) We make such a query to the database
2) Due to the fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_CLASS) function, we write all the data to the array.

Answer 4

Temporary solution: query the database in a loop with a WHERE clause