org.zkoss.poi.hssf.extractor

Class ExcelExtractor

java.lang.Object

org.zkoss.poi.POITextExtractor

org.zkoss.poi.POIOLE2TextExtractor

org.zkoss.poi.hssf.extractor.ExcelExtractor

All Implemented Interfaces:

ExcelExtractor

public class ExcelExtractor
extends POIOLE2TextExtractor
implements ExcelExtractor

A text extractor for Excel files.

Returns the textual content of the file, suitable for indexing by something like Lucene, but not really intended for display to the user.

To turn an excel file into a CSV or similar, then see the XLS2CSVmra example

http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventusermodel/examples/XLS2CSVmra.java

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.zkoss.poi.POITextExtractor

document

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ExcelExtractor(DirectoryNode dir)
ExcelExtractor(DirectoryNode dir, POIFSFileSystem fs) Deprecated. Use ExcelExtractor(DirectoryNode) instead
ExcelExtractor(HSSFWorkbook wb)
ExcelExtractor(POIFSFileSystem fs)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	_extractHeaderFooter(HeaderFooter hf)
String	getText() Retrieves the text contents of the file
static void	main(String[] args) Command line extractor.
void	setFormulasNotResults(boolean formulasNotResults) Should we return the formula itself, and not the result it produces? Default is false
void	setIncludeBlankCells(boolean includeBlankCells) Should blank cells be output? Default is to only output cells that are present in the file and are non-blank.
void	setIncludeCellComments(boolean includeCellComments) Should cell comments be included? Default is false
void	setIncludeHeadersFooters(boolean includeHeadersFooters) Should headers and footers be included in the output? Default is to include them.
void	setIncludeSheetNames(boolean includeSheetNames) Should sheet names be included? Default is true

Methods inherited from class org.zkoss.poi.POIOLE2TextExtractor

getDocSummaryInformation, getFileSystem, getMetadataTextExtractor, getRoot, getSummaryInformation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExcelExtractor

public ExcelExtractor(HSSFWorkbook wb)

ExcelExtractor

public ExcelExtractor(POIFSFileSystem fs)
               throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

ExcelExtractor

@Deprecated
public ExcelExtractor(DirectoryNode dir,
                                  POIFSFileSystem fs)
                           throws IOException

Deprecated. Use ExcelExtractor(DirectoryNode) instead

Throws:

IOException

ExcelExtractor

public ExcelExtractor(DirectoryNode dir)
               throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Command line extractor.

setIncludeSheetNames

public void setIncludeSheetNames(boolean includeSheetNames)

Should sheet names be included? Default is true

Specified by:

setIncludeSheetNames in interface ExcelExtractor

setFormulasNotResults

public void setFormulasNotResults(boolean formulasNotResults)

Should we return the formula itself, and not the result it produces? Default is false

Specified by:

setFormulasNotResults in interface ExcelExtractor

setIncludeCellComments

public void setIncludeCellComments(boolean includeCellComments)

Should cell comments be included? Default is false

Specified by:

setIncludeCellComments in interface ExcelExtractor

setIncludeBlankCells

public void setIncludeBlankCells(boolean includeBlankCells)

Should blank cells be output? Default is to only output cells that are present in the file and are non-blank.

setIncludeHeadersFooters

public void setIncludeHeadersFooters(boolean includeHeadersFooters)

Should headers and footers be included in the output? Default is to include them.

getText

public String getText()

Retrieves the text contents of the file

Specified by:

getText in interface ExcelExtractor

Specified by:

getText in class POITextExtractor

Returns:

All the text from the document

_extractHeaderFooter

public static String _extractHeaderFooter(HeaderFooter hf)