Understanding the CVS Structure

http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/build/buildInstructions.php

The BIRT modules are available in CVS in the source folder under /home/birt. BIRT has over 150 modules, some of these are described below.

Project Folder Contents

org.eclipse.birt.chart.device.extension	Extension classes for the device renderer framework for charts
org.eclipse.birt.chart.engine	Chart model and factory classes
org.eclipse.birt.chart.engine.extension	Extension classes for the model renderer framework for charts
org.eclipse.birt.chart.reportitem	Classes for the chart module to interact with the BIRT designer and runtime engine
org.eclipse.birt.chart.shared	Classes shared between different components of the chart module
org.eclipse.birt.chart.ui	Chart builder UI classes
org.eclipse.birt.chart.ui.extension	Extensions for the chart builder UI
org.eclipse.birt.chart.device.extension	Chart engine extension plugin containing device renderers implementations (Swing, SWT, PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP)
org.eclipse.birt.chart.device.svg	Chart engine extension plugin containing SVG device renderer?s implementation
org.eclipse.birt.converters	Contains converters that can convert reports from other formats to the BIRT report format
org.eclipse.birt.core	Provides the framework for loading the plugins at run-time and contains other classes that can be used by any other module
org.eclipse.birt.data	Provides the data engine implementation and the ODA factory implementation. It also contains classes for applying transformations on the data.
org.eclipse.birt.data.oda	ODA public interface: the classes and interfaces used to create data extensions.
org.eclipse.birt.data.oda.adapter.dtp	Adapter for Data Tools project
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.flatfile	The ODA driver for accessing flat file data sources
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.flatfile.ui	The user interface for the ODA flat file driver
org.eclipse.birt.data.oda.jdbc	The ODA driver for accessing JDBC data sources
org.eclipse.birt.data.oda.jdbc.ui	The user interface for the ODA JDBC driver
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.sampledb	The ODA driver for accessing the sample Derby data base
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.sampledb.ui	The user interface for the ODA sample database driver
org.eclipse.birt.data.oda.xml	The ODA driver for accessing XML data sources
org.eclipse.birt.data.oda.xml.ui	The user interface for the ODA XML driver
org.eclipse.birt.report.debug.ui	Used for creating launch configuration when debugging reports that contain Java events
org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.core	The core classes of the BIRT report designer, including classes that interact with the BIRT model, and localization and other utility classes
org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.lib	The classes used for library manipulation
org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.lib.explorer	Handles browsing and exploring library contents
org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui	The BIRT report designer
org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.rcp	The BIRT RCP report designer
org.eclipse.birt.report.engine	The BIRT reporting engine that generates the report from a report design
org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.fo	The emitter for generating report output using FO
org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.html	The emitter that generates report output in HTML
org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.pdf	The emitter that generates report output in PDF
org.eclipse.birt.report.model	The BIRT report model
org.eclipse.birt.report.viewer	The BIRT report viewer (BIRT web app)
org.eclipse.birt-feature	The BIRT feature