How can I export report to PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-1b?

+----------------+--------+ | User | Rep | +----------------+--------+ | Jon Skeet | 854503 | | Darin Dimitrov | 652133 | | BalusC | 639753 | | Hans Passant | 616871 | | Me | 5640 | +----------------+--------+

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd" name="reputation" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" uuid="a88bd694-4f90-41fc-84d0-002b90b2d73e"> <queryString> <![CDATA[]]> </queryString> <field name="User" class="java.lang.String"/> <field name="Rep" class="java.lang.Long"/> <columnHeader> <band height="20" splitType="Stretch"> <staticText> <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="100" height="20" uuid="9e7b5f50-5795-4c95-a122-f14f2e3f9366"/> <box leftPadding="3" bottomPadding="0" rightPadding="3"> <pen lineWidth="0.25"/> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.5" lineStyle="Double"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Middle"> <font fontName="SansSerif" isBold="true"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[User]]></text> </staticText> <staticText> <reportElement x="100" y="0" width="100" height="20" uuid="4a6f0a2a-d9b5-4e74-a9e8-0f965336f2bf"/> <box leftPadding="3" bottomPadding="0" rightPadding="3"> <pen lineWidth="0.25"/> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.5" lineStyle="Double"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement textAlignment="Right" verticalAlignment="Middle"> <font fontName="SansSerif" isBold="true"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[Reputation]]></text> </staticText> </band> </columnHeader> <detail> <band height="20" splitType="Stretch"> <textField> <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="100" height="20" uuid="8ff583b9-88dc-4726-85e1-16d79de78095"/> <box leftPadding="3" bottomPadding="0" rightPadding="3"> <pen lineWidth="0.25"/> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Middle"> <font fontName="SansSerif"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{User}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> <textField> <reportElement x="100" y="0" width="100" height="20" uuid="ebd33b2f-7297-41c2-9dc7-78ff472890c4"/> <box leftPadding="3" bottomPadding="0" rightPadding="3"> <pen lineWidth="0.25"/> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement textAlignment="Right" verticalAlignment="Middle"> <font fontName="SansSerif"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{Rep}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> </band> </detail> <pageFooter> <band height="140"> <pieChart> <chart isShowLegend="false"> <reportElement x="225" y="-670" width="320" height="140" uuid="23bd26a6-04a4-406f-8a1a-5e1b260cb75d"/> <chartTitle/> <chartSubtitle/> <chartLegend/> </chart> <pieDataset> <keyExpression><![CDATA[$F{User}]]></keyExpression> <valueExpression><![CDATA[$F{Rep}]]></valueExpression> </pieDataset> <piePlot> <plot/> <itemLabel/> </piePlot> </pieChart> </band> </pageFooter> </jasperReport>

JasperReport report = JasperCompileManager.compileReport("reputation.jrxml"); JRCsvDataSource datasource = new JRCsvDataSource("usersRep.csv"); datasource.setFieldDelimiter(';'); datasource.setUseFirstRowAsHeader(true); JasperPrint jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(report, new HashMap<String, Object>(),datasource); JRPdfExporter exporter = new JRPdfExporter(); exporter.setExporterInput(new SimpleExporterInput(jasperPrint)); exporter.setExporterOutput(new SimpleOutputStreamExporterOutput("reputation.pdf")); SimplePdfExporterConfiguration configuration = new SimplePdfExporterConfiguration(); configuration.setMetadataAuthor("Me and only me"); exporter.setConfiguration(configuration); exporter.exportReport();

JasperReports Library 4.1.2.3 or higher is needed (with discontinued support in 6.0.0 see NullPointerException at the end).

These steps are need to generate a PDF/A, they can be achieved both by java code or by setting jrxml property to root tag (jasper-server support). I will show both but only one method is necessary.

#Set PDF/A Conformance

java

configuration.setPdfaConformance(PdfaConformanceEnum.PDFA_1A); // or PdfaConformanceEnum.PDFA_1B

jrxml

<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdfa.conformance" value="pdfa1a" />

#Set ICC Profile

to avoid JRPdfaIccProfileNotFoundException: The ICC profile is not available to the JVM

java

configuration.setIccProfilePath("srgb.icc");

jrxml

<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdfa.icc.profile.path" value="srgb.icc" />

#Embed all font used in reports, using font-extensions

If you still have error

com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfXConformanceException: All the fonts must be embedded. This one isn't: Helvetica

include a default style in the jrxml indicating fontName that is included in font extension, example

<style name="default" isDefault="true" fontName="DejaVu Sans"/>

#Remove transparent objects and layers (Optional Content Groups) they are not allowed

to avoid PdfXConformanceException: Transparency is not allowed

In example the chart element must be Opaque and to avoid transparency on the labels you can implement a JRChartCustomizer

public class NoTransparencyCustomizer implements JRChartCustomizer{
    @Override
    public void customize(JFreeChart chart, JRChart jrchart) {
        PiePlot plot = (PiePlot) chart.getPlot();
        plot.setLabelShadowPaint(Color.GRAY);       
    }
}

#Set Tagged and tag language (unnecessary for PDF/A-1b)

java

configuration.setTagged(true);
configuration.setTagLanguage("en-us");

jrxml

<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.tagged" value="true" />
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.tag.language" value="en-us"/>

#Result

This is the result implementing the above, switching fontName to DejaVu Sans and using the bundled jasperreports-fonts.jar as font-extension. It has been validated successfully on pdf-tools for both PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-1b

No piece of the cake for me

XMP property is not synchronized with the document information

Validating file "reputation.pdf" for conformance level pdfa-1a
dc:description/*[0] :: Missing language qualifier.
dc:title/*[0] :: Missing language qualifier.
The XMP property 'dc:title' is not synchronized with the document information entry 'Title'.
The XMP property 'dc:description' is not synchronized with the document information entry 'Subject'.

This error comes from using older jasper-reports library <6.2.0 when you set metadata title or subject in configuration.

configuration.setMetadataTitle("Title");
configuration.setMetadataSubject("Subject");

The solution is to remove these or update jasper-reports to versione 6.2.0 or above see PDF/A_1A XMP Metadata validation fails if title and/or subject are set for more information

Discontinued support In jasper report version 6.0.0 a NullPointerException at com.itextpdf.text.pdf.internal.PdfA1Checker.checkPdfObject was always thrown. This has been solved in 6.0.4 and above see Jasper report tracker.

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