org.apache.poi.hssf.extractor

Class EventBasedExcelExtractor

java.lang.Object

org.apache.poi.hssf.extractor.EventBasedExcelExtractor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable, POIOLE2TextExtractor, POITextExtractor, ExcelExtractor

public class EventBasedExcelExtractor
extends java.lang.Object
implements POIOLE2TextExtractor, ExcelExtractor

A text extractor for Excel files, that is based on the HSSF EventUserModel API. It will typically use less memory than ExcelExtractor, but may not provide the same richness of formatting. 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:

XLS2CSVmra

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EventBasedExcelExtractor(DirectoryNode dir)
EventBasedExcelExtractor(POIFSFileSystem fs)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Allows to free resources of the Extractor as soon as it is not needed any more.
DocumentSummaryInformation	getDocSummaryInformation() Would return the document information metadata for the document, if we supported it
POIDocument	getDocument() Return the underlying POIDocument
java.io.Closeable	getFilesystem()
DirectoryEntry	getRoot() Return the underlying DirectoryEntry of this document.
SummaryInformation	getSummaryInformation() Would return the summary information metadata for the document, if we supported it
java.lang.String	getText() Retreives the text contents of the file
boolean	isCloseFilesystem()
void	setCloseFilesystem(boolean doCloseFilesystem)
void	setFormulasNotResults(boolean formulasNotResults) Should we return the formula itself, and not the result it produces? Default is false
void	setIncludeCellComments(boolean includeComments) Would control the inclusion of cell comments from the document, if we supported it
void	setIncludeHeadersFooters(boolean includeHeadersFooters) Would control the inclusion of headers and footers from the document, if we supported it
void	setIncludeSheetNames(boolean includeSheetNames) Should sheet names be included? Default is true

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.poi.extractor.POIOLE2TextExtractor

getMetadataTextExtractor

Constructor Detail

EventBasedExcelExtractor

public EventBasedExcelExtractor(DirectoryNode dir)

EventBasedExcelExtractor

public EventBasedExcelExtractor(POIFSFileSystem fs)

Method Detail

getDocSummaryInformation

public DocumentSummaryInformation getDocSummaryInformation()

Would return the document information metadata for the document, if we supported it

Specified by:

getDocSummaryInformation in interface POIOLE2TextExtractor

Returns:

The Document Summary Information or null if it could not be read for this document.

getSummaryInformation

public SummaryInformation getSummaryInformation()

Would return the summary information metadata for the document, if we supported it

Specified by:

getSummaryInformation in interface POIOLE2TextExtractor

Returns:

The Summary information for the document or null if it could not be read for this document.

setIncludeCellComments

public void setIncludeCellComments(boolean includeComments)

Would control the inclusion of cell comments from the document, if we supported it

Specified by:

setIncludeCellComments in interface ExcelExtractor

Parameters:

includeComments - true if cell comments should be included

setIncludeHeadersFooters

public void setIncludeHeadersFooters(boolean includeHeadersFooters)

Would control the inclusion of headers and footers from the document, if we supported it

Specified by:

setIncludeHeadersFooters in interface ExcelExtractor

Parameters:

includeHeadersFooters - true if headers and footers should be included

setIncludeSheetNames

public void setIncludeSheetNames(boolean includeSheetNames)

Should sheet names be included? Default is true

Specified by:

setIncludeSheetNames in interface ExcelExtractor

Parameters:

includeSheetNames - true if the sheet names should be included

setFormulasNotResults

public void setFormulasNotResults(boolean formulasNotResults)

Should we return the formula itself, and not the result it produces? Default is false

Specified by:

setFormulasNotResults in interface ExcelExtractor

Parameters:

formulasNotResults - true if the formula itself is returned

getText

public java.lang.String getText()

Retreives the text contents of the file

Specified by:

getText in interface POITextExtractor

Specified by:

getText in interface ExcelExtractor

Returns:

All the text from the document

setCloseFilesystem

public void setCloseFilesystem(boolean doCloseFilesystem)

Specified by:

setCloseFilesystem in interface POITextExtractor

Parameters:

doCloseFilesystem - true (default), if underlying resources/filesystem should be closed on POITextExtractor.close()

isCloseFilesystem

public boolean isCloseFilesystem()

Specified by:

isCloseFilesystem in interface POITextExtractor

Returns:

true, if resources/filesystem should be closed on POITextExtractor.close()

getFilesystem

public java.io.Closeable getFilesystem()

Specified by:

getFilesystem in interface POITextExtractor

Returns:

The underlying resources/filesystem

getDocument

public POIDocument getDocument()

Description copied from interface: POIOLE2TextExtractor

Return the underlying POIDocument

Specified by:

getDocument in interface POIOLE2TextExtractor

Specified by:

getDocument in interface POITextExtractor

Returns:

the underlying POIDocument

getRoot

public DirectoryEntry getRoot()

Description copied from interface: POIOLE2TextExtractor

Return the underlying DirectoryEntry of this document.

Specified by:

getRoot in interface POIOLE2TextExtractor

Returns:

the DirectoryEntry that is associated with the POIDocument of this extractor.

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: POITextExtractor

Allows to free resources of the Extractor as soon as it is not needed any more. This may include closing open file handles and freeing memory. The Extractor cannot be used after close has been called.

Specified by:

close in interface java.io.Closeable

Specified by:

close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface POITextExtractor

Throws:

java.io.IOException