https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51456
Bug #: 51456
Summary: POI web documentation ambiguity
Product: POI
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: Windows CE
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: POI Overall
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
In the documentation for POI text extraction -
http://poi.apache.org/spreadsheet/quick-guide.html#TextExtraction
One of the lines of code is:
CellReference cellRef = new CellReference(row.getRowNum(), cell.getCellNum());
This assumes the Cell class has a getCellNum() method call. But only one
implementing class for cell uses a getCellNum() method - HSSFCell. Neither
XSSFCell nor SXSSFCell do.
As that documentation page is a "Busy Developers' Guide" for those who "want to
use HSSF and XSSF read and write spreadsheets in a hurry", I think that the
manner in which it currently is displayed has to be changed in some fashion.
Either it should be noted this will only extract text for HSSF, or the code
should handle both HSSF and XSSF, or two code examples, one for each case
should be there. As it currently stands, it only serves to confuse those
looking at it, especially if they're having other unrelated problems with POI.
There are a number of options for how it can be changed, but any one of those
options would be better than the confusing example which exists now.
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