Rendering SVGs Without Batik

[Ben86]

Hello All,

I am currently rendering SVGs using the following logic in iReport - net.sf.jasperreports.renderers.BatikRenderer.getInstanceFromText($P{svgString}) - however I have found that Batik 1.8 (Once I fixed the classpath issues) does not support SVGs that use the following syntax - fill="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)". Unfortunately these SVG strings are provided by an external application and as a result I have limited control over them.

Is there another SVG renderer I can use in iReport or does anyone have a suggestion as to how I could do it diferently? 

Thanks,

Benjamin.