Apache POI XSSF reading in excel files

Question

I just have a quick question about how to read in an xlsx file using the XSSF format from Apache.

Right now my code looks like this:

InputStream fs = new FileInputStream(filename);   // (1)
XSSFWorkbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook(fs);           // (2)
XSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);               // (3)

...with all the relevant things imported. My problem is that when I hit run, it gets stuck at line (2), in almost an infinite loop. filename is just a string.

If anybody could give me some sample code on how to fix this I would really appreciate it. All i want right now is to read in a single cell from an xlsx file; I was using HSSF for xls files and had no problems.

Thanks for your help, Andrew

Answer 1

I bealive that this will answer your questions: http://poi.apache.org/spreadsheet/quick-guide.html#ReadWriteWorkbook

In short, your code should look like this:

InputStream inp = new FileInputStream("workbook.xlsx");
Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(inp);
Sheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
Row row = sheet.getRow(2);
Cell cell = row.getCell(3);

Answer 2

InputStream inp = null;
        try {
            inp = new FileInputStream("E:/sample_poi.xls");

            Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(inp);
            Sheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
            Header header = sheet.getHeader();

            int rowsCount = sheet.getLastRowNum();
            System.out.println("Total Number of Rows: " + (rowsCount + 1));
            for (int i = 0; i <= rowsCount; i++) {
                Row row = sheet.getRow(i);
                int colCounts = row.getLastCellNum();
                System.out.println("Total Number of Cols: " + colCounts);
                for (int j = 0; j < colCounts; j++) {
                    Cell cell = row.getCell(j);
                    System.out.println("[" + i + "," + j + "]=" + cell.getStringCellValue());
                }
            }

        } catch (Exception ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(FieldController.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } finally {
            try {
                inp.close();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(FieldController.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }
        }