Creating the report generator instance

Use the com.alpha.pineapple.report.basichtml.BasicHtmlReportGeneratorImpl to create an instance of the report generator with custom settings:

        
  // create custom root directory       
  File rootDirectory = new File("c:\my-pineapple-reports" );                            

  // create report generator
  ResultListener generator;
  generator = BasicHtmlReportGeneratorImpl.getInstance(rootDirectory);          
      

The report generator will:

• Reports are created in the directory ${rootDirectory}/report-${TIMESTAMP}.
  • ${rootDirectory} is the user defined root directory.
  • report-${TIMESTAMP} is a unique time stamped directory created for each new report. The time stamp has the format YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.
• Two files are created within the time stamped directory:
  • basic-report.xml which is an XML version of the report.
  • basic-report.html which is the final product. The HTML report.

Changing the report root directory at runtime

An alternative way to (re)define the the report root directory is to invoke the method setReportDirectory(..) on the interface ReportGeneratorInfo which is implemented by the report generator:

  // create report generator with default settings
  ResultListener generator = BasicHtmlReportGeneratorImpl.getInstance();                
        
  // type cast report generator 
  ReportGeneratorInfo generatorInfo = (ReportGeneratorInfo) generator;
  
  // create root directory      
  File rootDirectory = new File("c:\my-pineapple-reports");                             
  
  // set the root directory 
  generatorInfo.setReportDirectory(generatorInfo);