NoClassDefFoundError: com/itextpdf/text/DocumentException when exporting jasper to pdf

Question

I created a jasper report and now I need to export that report to pdf format. This is my code for that.

        // compiles jrxml
              


        

Answer 1

You need to upgrade your iText-2.1.7.jar file to latest version as earlier the package that was used by jar is com.lowagie...

See the change list here which says it has changed the package name.