Can we use the latest JasperReports (6.20.0) with itextpdf (5.5.13.3) to generate pdf reports in a Spring Boot project

[fiyov46807]

Hello, I would like to ask if there is a way to use the latest JasperReport Library to create a pdf in a Spring Boot project.

maven repo: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sf.jasperreports/jasperreports/6.20.0

I have noticed that the version 6.20.0 does not have the following dependency

 

In order to fix this error, I had to set the dependencies in the POM file, as follows:

<dependency>    <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>    <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>    <version>6.20.0</version>    <exclusions>        <exclusion>            <groupId>com.lowagie</groupId>            <artifactId>itext</artifactId>        </exclusion>    </exclusions></dependency><dependency>    <groupId>com.lowagie</groupId>    <artifactId>itext</artifactId>    <version>2.1.7</version>    <scope>compile</scope></dependency>[/code]

As you can see above, I had to use an older version of itext 2.1.7

 

Furthermore, itext has moved to itextpdf.

 

Assume that I would like to use the latest versions of JasperReports (6.20.0) and itextpdf (5.5.13.3). As soon as I try to generate the pdf file, I get the following error:

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.lowagie.text.DocumentException

I read in this thread, that I have to use itext 2.1.7: https://community.jaspersoft.com/questions/986581/jasperreports-621-classes-import-comlowagie

Is there a possibility that this issue could be fixed in the future? 

 

Thank you in advance!

 

 

 

[jgust]

Jaspersoft created the github repo https://github.com/Jaspersoft/jasperreports-pdf-lib7 for this.

 

[naresh1]

Is there any other way to resolve above issue without using above github repo ?