Preface 1 Chapter 1: An Overview of JasperReports 7 A brief history of JasperReports 7 What exactly is JasperReports? 8 The features of JasperReports 9 Flexible report layout 9 Multiple ways to present data 10 Multiple ways to supply data 10 Multiple datasources 10 Watermarks 11 Subreports 11 Export