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package org.apache.poi.hssf.extractor;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.Locale;

import org.apache.poi.extractor.POIOLE2TextExtractor;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCell;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCellStyle;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFComment;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFDataFormatter;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRichTextString;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DirectoryNode;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.ErrorEval;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.HeaderFooter;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row.MissingCellPolicy;

A text extractor for Excel files.

Returns the textual content of the file, suitable for indexing by something like Lucene, but not really intended for display to the user.

To turn an excel file into a CSV or similar, then see the XLS2CSVmra example

See Also:
/** * A text extractor for Excel files. * <p> * Returns the textual content of the file, suitable for * indexing by something like Lucene, but not really * intended for display to the user. * </p> * <p> * To turn an excel file into a CSV or similar, then see * the XLS2CSVmra example * </p> * * @see <a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventusermodel/examples/XLS2CSVmra.java">XLS2CSVmra</a> */
public class ExcelExtractor extends POIOLE2TextExtractor implements org.apache.poi.ss.extractor.ExcelExtractor { private final HSSFWorkbook _wb; private final HSSFDataFormatter _formatter; private boolean _includeSheetNames = true; private boolean _shouldEvaluateFormulas = true; private boolean _includeCellComments; private boolean _includeBlankCells; private boolean _includeHeadersFooters = true; public ExcelExtractor(HSSFWorkbook wb) { super(wb); _wb = wb; _formatter = new HSSFDataFormatter(); } public ExcelExtractor(POIFSFileSystem fs) throws IOException { this(fs.getRoot()); } public ExcelExtractor(DirectoryNode dir) throws IOException { this(new HSSFWorkbook(dir, true)); } private static final class CommandParseException extends Exception { public CommandParseException(String msg) { super(msg); } } private static final class CommandArgs { private final boolean _requestHelp; private final File _inputFile; private final boolean _showSheetNames; private final boolean _evaluateFormulas; private final boolean _showCellComments; private final boolean _showBlankCells; private final boolean _headersFooters; public CommandArgs(String[] args) throws CommandParseException { int nArgs = args.length; File inputFile = null; boolean requestHelp = false; boolean showSheetNames = true; boolean evaluateFormulas = true; boolean showCellComments = false; boolean showBlankCells = false; boolean headersFooters = true; for (int i=0; i<nArgs; i++) { String arg = args[i]; if ("-help".equalsIgnoreCase(arg)) { requestHelp = true; break; } if ("-i".equals(arg)) { // step to next arg if (++i >= nArgs) { throw new CommandParseException("Expected filename after '-i'"); } arg = args[i]; if (inputFile != null) { throw new CommandParseException("Only one input file can be supplied"); } inputFile = new File(arg); if (!inputFile.exists()) { throw new CommandParseException("Specified input file '" + arg + "' does not exist"); } if (inputFile.isDirectory()) { throw new CommandParseException("Specified input file '" + arg + "' is a directory"); } continue; } if ("--show-sheet-names".equals(arg)) { showSheetNames = parseBoolArg(args, ++i); continue; } if ("--evaluate-formulas".equals(arg)) { evaluateFormulas = parseBoolArg(args, ++i); continue; } if ("--show-comments".equals(arg)) { showCellComments = parseBoolArg(args, ++i); continue; } if ("--show-blanks".equals(arg)) { showBlankCells = parseBoolArg(args, ++i); continue; } if ("--headers-footers".equals(arg)) { headersFooters = parseBoolArg(args, ++i); continue; } throw new CommandParseException("Invalid argument '" + arg + "'"); } _requestHelp = requestHelp; _inputFile = inputFile; _showSheetNames = showSheetNames; _evaluateFormulas = evaluateFormulas; _showCellComments = showCellComments; _showBlankCells = showBlankCells; _headersFooters = headersFooters; } private static boolean parseBoolArg(String[] args, int i) throws CommandParseException { if (i >= args.length) { throw new CommandParseException("Expected value after '" + args[i-1] + "'"); } String value = args[i].toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT); if ("Y".equals(value) || "YES".equals(value) || "ON".equals(value) || "TRUE".equals(value)) { return true; } if ("N".equals(value) || "NO".equals(value) || "OFF".equals(value) || "FALSE".equals(value)) { return false; } throw new CommandParseException("Invalid value '" + args[i] + "' for '" + args[i-1] + "'. Expected 'Y' or 'N'"); } public boolean isRequestHelp() { return _requestHelp; } public File getInputFile() { return _inputFile; } public boolean shouldShowSheetNames() { return _showSheetNames; } public boolean shouldEvaluateFormulas() { return _evaluateFormulas; } public boolean shouldShowCellComments() { return _showCellComments; } public boolean shouldShowBlankCells() { return _showBlankCells; } public boolean shouldIncludeHeadersFooters() { return _headersFooters; } } private static void printUsageMessage(PrintStream ps) { ps.println("Use:"); ps.println(" " + ExcelExtractor.class.getName() + " [<flag> <value> [<flag> <value> [...]]] [-i <filename.xls>]"); ps.println(" -i <filename.xls> specifies input file (default is to use stdin)"); ps.println(" Flags can be set on or off by using the values 'Y' or 'N'."); ps.println(" Following are available flags and their default values:"); ps.println(" --show-sheet-names Y"); ps.println(" --evaluate-formulas Y"); ps.println(" --show-comments N"); ps.println(" --show-blanks Y"); ps.println(" --headers-footers Y"); }
Command line extractor.
Params:
  • args – the command line parameters
Throws:
  • IOException – if the file can't be read or contains errors
/** * Command line extractor. * * @param args the command line parameters * * @throws IOException if the file can't be read or contains errors */
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { CommandArgs cmdArgs; try { cmdArgs = new CommandArgs(args); } catch (CommandParseException e) { System.err.println(e.getMessage()); printUsageMessage(System.err); System.exit(1); return; // suppress compiler error } if (cmdArgs.isRequestHelp()) { printUsageMessage(System.out); return; } InputStream is; if(cmdArgs.getInputFile() == null) { is = System.in; } else { is = new FileInputStream(cmdArgs.getInputFile()); } HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(is); is.close(); ExcelExtractor extractor = new ExcelExtractor(wb); extractor.setIncludeSheetNames(cmdArgs.shouldShowSheetNames()); extractor.setFormulasNotResults(!cmdArgs.shouldEvaluateFormulas()); extractor.setIncludeCellComments(cmdArgs.shouldShowCellComments()); extractor.setIncludeBlankCells(cmdArgs.shouldShowBlankCells()); extractor.setIncludeHeadersFooters(cmdArgs.shouldIncludeHeadersFooters()); System.out.println(extractor.getText()); extractor.close(); wb.close(); } @Override public void setIncludeSheetNames(boolean includeSheetNames) { _includeSheetNames = includeSheetNames; } @Override public void setFormulasNotResults(boolean formulasNotResults) { _shouldEvaluateFormulas = !formulasNotResults; } @Override public void setIncludeCellComments(boolean includeCellComments) { _includeCellComments = includeCellComments; }
Should blank cells be output? Default is to only output cells that are present in the file and are non-blank.
Params:
  • includeBlankCells – true if blank cells should be included
/** * Should blank cells be output? Default is to only * output cells that are present in the file and are * non-blank. * * @param includeBlankCells {@code true} if blank cells should be included */
public void setIncludeBlankCells(boolean includeBlankCells) { _includeBlankCells = includeBlankCells; } @Override public void setIncludeHeadersFooters(boolean includeHeadersFooters) { _includeHeadersFooters = includeHeadersFooters; } @Override public String getText() { StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder(); // We don't care about the difference between // null (missing) and blank cells _wb.setMissingCellPolicy(MissingCellPolicy.RETURN_BLANK_AS_NULL); // Process each sheet in turn for(int i=0;i<_wb.getNumberOfSheets();i++) { HSSFSheet sheet = _wb.getSheetAt(i); if(sheet == null) { continue; } if(_includeSheetNames) { String name = _wb.getSheetName(i); if(name != null) { text.append(name); text.append("\n"); } } // Header text, if there is any if(_includeHeadersFooters) { text.append(_extractHeaderFooter(sheet.getHeader())); } int firstRow = sheet.getFirstRowNum(); int lastRow = sheet.getLastRowNum(); for(int j=firstRow;j<=lastRow;j++) { HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(j); if(row == null) { continue; } // Check each cell in turn int firstCell = row.getFirstCellNum(); int lastCell = row.getLastCellNum(); if(_includeBlankCells) { firstCell = 0; } for(int k=firstCell;k<lastCell;k++) { HSSFCell cell = row.getCell(k); boolean outputContents = true; if(cell == null) { // Only output if requested outputContents = _includeBlankCells; } else { switch(cell.getCellType()) { case STRING: text.append(cell.getRichStringCellValue().getString()); break; case NUMERIC: text.append(_formatter.formatCellValue(cell)); break; case BOOLEAN: text.append(cell.getBooleanCellValue()); break; case ERROR: text.append(ErrorEval.getText(cell.getErrorCellValue())); break; case FORMULA: if(!_shouldEvaluateFormulas) { text.append(cell.getCellFormula()); } else { switch(cell.getCachedFormulaResultType()) { case STRING: HSSFRichTextString str = cell.getRichStringCellValue(); if(str != null && str.length() > 0) { text.append(str); } break; case NUMERIC: HSSFCellStyle style = cell.getCellStyle(); double nVal = cell.getNumericCellValue(); short df = style.getDataFormat(); String dfs = style.getDataFormatString(); text.append(_formatter.formatRawCellContents(nVal, df, dfs)); break; case BOOLEAN: text.append(cell.getBooleanCellValue()); break; case ERROR: text.append(ErrorEval.getText(cell.getErrorCellValue())); break; default: throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected cell cached formula result type: " + cell.getCachedFormulaResultType()); } } break; default: throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected cell type (" + cell.getCellType() + ")"); } // Output the comment, if requested and exists HSSFComment comment = cell.getCellComment(); if(_includeCellComments && comment != null) { // Replace any newlines with spaces, otherwise it // breaks the output String commentText = comment.getString().getString().replace('\n', ' '); text.append(" Comment by ").append(comment.getAuthor()).append(": ").append(commentText); } } // Output a tab if we're not on the last cell if(outputContents && k < (lastCell-1)) { text.append("\t"); } } // Finish off the row text.append("\n"); } // Finally Footer text, if there is any if(_includeHeadersFooters) { text.append(_extractHeaderFooter(sheet.getFooter())); } } return text.toString(); } public static String _extractHeaderFooter(HeaderFooter hf) { StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder(); if(hf.getLeft() != null) { text.append(hf.getLeft()); } if(hf.getCenter() != null) { if(text.length() > 0) text.append("\t"); text.append(hf.getCenter()); } if(hf.getRight() != null) { if(text.length() > 0) text.append("\t"); text.append(hf.getRight()); } if(text.length() > 0) text.append("\n"); return text.toString(); } }