Priority of property settings

Issue:

Properties such as net.sf.jasperreports.export.parameters.override.report.hints can be set in several places (jasperreports.properties, jasperserver.properties, ...). 

If the same property is set in more than one place which one "wins"?

Resolution:

The reference

http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/config.reference.html

provides information about each settings property.

The priority of settings is:

Report > applicationContext.xml > jasperreports.properties > jasperserver.properties.

This means that if a property is set in the .jrxml file of a report then that setting "wins".

Best practice would be to keep all the global report properties in the jasperreports.properties file and leave jasperserver.properties and applicationContext.xml as is.

Ref. Case #00021218 -- 17:34, 29 December 2011 (UTC)