java - How to recalculate page number when combining multiple jasper reports in export?

Question

I have decided to pass this Q/A after receiving both questions in chat and comment on answer on how to handle page number in "combined" jasper reports

When combining reports in java using

JasperPrint jasperPrint1 = JasperFillManager.fillReport(report1, paramMap);
JasperPrint jasperPrint2 = JasperFillManager.fillReport(report2, paramMap);
List<JasperPrint> jasperPrintList = Arrays.asList(jasperPrint1, jasperPrint2); 

JRPdfExporter exporter = new JRPdfExporter();
exporter.setExporterInput(SimpleExporterInput.getInstance(jasperPrintList));

The page number and total page number

<textField>
    <reportElement x="435" y="30" width="80" height="20" uuid="14bad2ac-3a56-4cf4-b4dd-310b8fcd2120"/>
    <textElement textAlignment="Right"/>
    <textFieldExpression><![CDATA["Page "+$V{PAGE_NUMBER}+" of"]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<textField evaluationTime="Report">
        <reportElement x="515" y="30" width="40" height="20" uuid="06567ba6-6243-43e9-9813-f6593528524c"/>
        <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[" " + $V{PAGE_NUMBER}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>

Is always restarted for each report that I'm including in list, is there a way that I can recalculate these?

I want to have on each page the current page (and correct total number of pages) considering my final combined report.

Answer 1

The jasper-report way would be to not combine reports in java but to use a main report and include the different reports as subreports in this main report, moving the page number to the main report.

However, if we like to combine in java as in questions, we can also use java to edit and correct the page numbers.

This idea is to set "markers" in report and then post-process the JasperPrint, replacing the markers with the actual page number.

Example

jrxml (without shame using freemaker style)

<textField>
    <reportElement x="435" y="30" width="80" height="20" uuid="14bad2ac-3a56-4cf4-b4dd-310b8fcd2120"/>
    <textElement textAlignment="Right"/>
    <textFieldExpression><![CDATA["${CURRENT_PAGE_NUMBER}"]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<textField evaluationTime="Report">
    <reportElement x="515" y="30" width="40" height="20" uuid="06567ba6-6243-43e9-9813-f6593528524c"/>
    <textFieldExpression><![CDATA["${TOTAL_PAGE_NUMBER}"]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>

java

Define my markers

private static final String CURRENT_PAGE_NUMBER = "${CURRENT_PAGE_NUMBER}";
private static final String TOTAL_PAGE_NUMBER = "${TOTAL_PAGE_NUMBER}";

after the fillReport of my reports replace all my markers with the true numbers

//First loop on all reports to get totale page number
int totPageNumber=0;
for (JasperPrint jp : jasperPrintList) {
    totPageNumber += jp.getPages().size();
}

//Second loop all reports to replace our markers with current and total number
int currentPage = 1;
for (JasperPrint jp : jasperPrintList) {
    List<JRPrintPage> pages = jp.getPages();
    //Loop all pages of report
    for (JRPrintPage jpp : pages) {
        List<JRPrintElement> elements = jpp.getElements();
        //Loop all elements on page
        for (JRPrintElement jpe : elements) {
            //Check if text element
            if (jpe instanceof JRPrintText){
                JRPrintText jpt = (JRPrintText) jpe;
                //Check if current page marker
                if (CURRENT_PAGE_NUMBER.equals(jpt.getValue())){
                    jpt.setText("Page " + currentPage + " of"); //Replace marker
                    continue;
                }
                //Check if totale page marker
                if (TOTAL_PAGE_NUMBER.equals(jpt.getValue())){
                    jpt.setText(" " + totPageNumber); //Replace marker
                }
            }
        }
        currentPage++;
    }
}

^{Note: If it was code in one of my projects I would not nest this quantity of for and if statements, but extract code to different method's, but for clarity of post I have decided to post it all as one code block}

Now its ready for the export

JRPdfExporter exporter = new JRPdfExporter();
exporter.setExporterInput(SimpleExporterInput.getInstance(jasperPrintList));
....