Alternative to deprecated getCellType

Question

I'm reading an excel-file (file extension xlsx) using org.apache.poi 3.15.

This is my code:

try (FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file); XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(file)) {     XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);     Iterator<Row> rowIterator = sheet.iterator();     while (rowIterator.hasNext()) {         Row row = rowIterator.next();          Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();         while (cellIterator.hasNext()) {             Cell cell = cellIterator.next();             switch (cell.getCellType()) {                 case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:                     System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue() + "(Integer)\t");                     break;                 case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:                     System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue() + "(String)\t");                     break;             }         }         System.out.println("");     } } catch (Exception e) {     e.printStackTrace(); } 

I get a warning that cell.getCellType() is deprecated. Can anyone tell me the alternative?

Answer 1

The accepted answer shows the reason for the deprecation but misses to name the alternative:

CellType    getCellTypeEnum() 

where the CellType is the enum decribing the type of the cell.

The plan is to rename getCellTypeEnum() back to getCellType() in POI 4.0.