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What is it?
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+ The POI project consists of APIs for manipulating various file formats
+ based upon Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format using pure Java.
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+ A common misconception is that POI writes Excel files. POI is the name
+ of the project.
+ POI contains several components, one of which, HSSF, writes Excel files.
+ The following are components of the entire POI project.
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+ POIFS
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+ The oldest and most stable part of the project.
+ It is our port of the OLE 2 Compound Document Format to pure Java.
+ It supports both read and write functionality.
+ All of our components ultimately rely on it by definition.
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+ HSSF
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+ It's our port of the Microsoft Excel 97(-2002) file format (BIFF8)
+ to pure Java. It supports read and write capability.
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+ HDF
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+ It's our port of the Microsoft Word 97 file format to pure Java.
+ It supports read and write capability.
+ This component is in the early stages of design.
+ Jump in!
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Where is it?
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