Thanks Timothy & Javen ... I should have seen that in the javadocs. -Joe
________________________________________ From: Javen O'Neal <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 11:04 AM To: POI Users List Subject: Re: Validating office files without saving them Another example that close's save behavior is surprising to users. At a minimum, this should not modify the file on disk, since nothing changes (besides last accessed date), Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(aFile, null, false); wb.close(); // for unit test, assertCloseDoesNotModifyFile(wb, aFilename); On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:35 AM, Allison, Timothy B. <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to Javen and Dominik, I just learned this one myself... > > Workbook workbook = WorkbookFactory.create(java.io.File file, null, true); > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Price [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2016 10:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Validating office files without saving them > > Hello, > > > I am using POI to determine whether or not an existing office file is valid. > For Excel files, I am using > > > Workbook workbook = WorkbookFactory.create(java.io.File file); > > > If that succeeds without throwing an exception, I assume the file is valid, > and then I close it in a finally block: > > > workbook.close(); > > > The problem is that the close method is saving the file, which I don't want. > Is there a way to close the workbook without modifying the file on disk? > > > Thanks, > > Joe > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
