Deploying encryption plug-ins to Actuate Java Components
If you use Java Components, you deploy all new encryption plug-ins to the Java Components plug-in folder. The BIRT report engine decrypts the encrypted report data during report generation. To do the decryption, it must have access to all encryption plug-ins. The report engine loads all encryption plug-ins at start up. When the engine runs a BIRT report, it reads the encryptionID property from the report design file and uses the corresponding encryption plug-in to decrypt the encrypted property. Every time you create reports using a new encryption plug-in, make sure you deploy the plug-in to Java Components installation, otherwise the report execution will fail.

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