Create jrxml file dynamically using dynamic jasper in grails

Hi , This is my second blog on jasper report. I will tell you that How to create a dynmic jrxml file using dynamic jasper.
In my previous blog I have discussed integration of jasper report in grails.
For using Dynamic jasper we need two jar file, DynamicJasper-4.0.3.jar and DynamicJasper-4.0.3-tests.jar. You need to import it in your lib file.
Note: Before download these jar file you need to check the compatibility with jasper-report version.
I am using jasper-report-4.7.1 which is compatible with these jar files of dynamic jasper.
For generating jrxml file firstly we need to create its design.
We have two option to generate its design.
1. Using FastReportBuilder
2. Using JasperDesign

As in comparison of both design tool I prefer jasperDesign because it gave me same procedure to develop my code as we create from Ireport tool. When I try to write this code using groovy , I faced some problem because of “$” sign. So I wrote this code in java file. I made a file suppose designUsingJasperDesign.java.
Here are follwing syntax for designing.

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.*;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.type.*;

public class JasperDesignForTemplate {
    public JasperDesign design() throws Exception {
        // set basic design for main report
        JasperDesign jasperDesign = new JasperDesign();
        jasperDesign.setName("report");
        jasperDesign.setPageWidth(595);
        jasperDesign.setPageHeight(842);
        jasperDesign.setColumnWidth(515);
        jasperDesign.setColumnSpacing(0);
        jasperDesign.setLeftMargin(40);
        jasperDesign.setRightMargin(40);
        jasperDesign.setTopMargin(20);
        jasperDesign.setBottomMargin(20);     
JRDesignExpression expression = new JRDesignExpression(); // set any type of expression in //report
//Parameters
        JRDesignParameter parameter = new JRDesignParameter();
        parameter.setName("nameOfParameter");
        parameter.setValueClass(java.lang.String.class);
        expression = new JRDesignExpression();
        expression.setText(“anyTextYouWantToPassWithParameter”);
        jasperDesign.addParameter(parameter);
}
//Variable
        JRDesignVariable variable = new JRDesignVariable();
        variable.setName("nameOfVariable");
        variable.setValueClass(java.lang.String.class);
        expression = new JRDesignExpression();
        expression.setText(“anyTextYouWantToPassWithVariable ”);
        jasperDesign.addVariable (variable);

// field
JRDesignField field = new JRDesignField();
        field.setName(“nameOfField”);
        field.setValueClass(nameOfClass);  // e.g. If you want to make a field of string type then you           //	should define it as String.class

// title band
	JRDesignBand band = new JRDesignBand();
       	 band.setHeight(20); // it will set height of title band as 20 pt.
      	  jasperDesign.setTitle(band);
// end of title band

// page header band
	 band = new JRDesignBand();
	band.setHeight(20);
        	jasperDesign.setpageHeader(band);
// end of page header band
// column header band
 band = new JRDesignBand();
        band.setHeight(20);
        jasperDesign.setColumnHeader(band);
// end of column header band

//detail band
	band = new JRDesignBand();
	band.setHeight(20);
	((JRDesignSection) jasperDesign.getDetailSection()).addBand(band);
// end of detail band
// column footer band
 band = new JRDesignBand();
        band.setHeight(20);
        jasperDesign.setColumnFooter(band);
// end of column footer band
// page footer band
	 band = new JRDesignBand();
        	band.setHeight(20);
        	jasperDesign.setPageFooter(band);
// end of page footer band
// summary band
	band = new JRDesignBand();
        	band.setHeight(20);
        	jasperDesign.setSummary(band);
// end of summary band
// background band
 	band = new JRDesignBand();
    	band.setHeight(20);
     	jasperDesign.setBackground(band);
// end background band

        return jasperDesign;
}

Now here is code to make jrxml file from jasperDesign.

Class CreateJrxmlFromJasperDesign(){
protected JasperPrint jp;
    protected JasperReport jr;
protected Map params = new HashMap();

 public void testReport() throws Exception {
JasperDesignForTemplate  jasperDesignForTemplate = new  JasperDesignForTemplate();
jr = buildReport();
jp = JasperFillManager.fillReport(jr, params);
exportReport();

}
protected void exportReport() throws Exception {
        ReportExporter.exportReport(jp, “/path/to/directory/file.pdf”);
        exportToJRXML();
    }

protected void exportToJRXML() throws Exception {
        if (this.jr != null) {
            System.out.println("application path--------------------" + applicationPath);
            DynamicJasperHelper.generateJRXML(this.jr, "UTF-8", dir + "/" + fileName + ".jrxml");

        }
    }
}

Once jrxml file generate , you can use for download your file in any format(e.g: pdf,). For download file using grails you can follow this link.