org.apache.poi.ss.formula.functions

Class Indirect

java.lang.Object

org.apache.poi.ss.formula.functions.Indirect

All Implemented Interfaces:

FreeRefFunction

public final class Indirect
extends java.lang.Object
implements FreeRefFunction

Implementation for Excel function INDIRECT

INDIRECT() returns the cell or area reference denoted by the text argument.

Syntax:
INDIRECT(ref_text,isA1Style)

ref_text a string representation of the desired reference as it would normally be written in a cell formula.
isA1Style (default TRUE) specifies whether the ref_text should be interpreted as A1-style or R1C1-style.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static FreeRefFunction	instance

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ValueEval	evaluate(ValueEval[] args, OperationEvaluationContext ec)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

instance

public static final FreeRefFunction instance

Method Detail

evaluate

public ValueEval evaluate(ValueEval[] args,
                          OperationEvaluationContext ec)

Specified by:

evaluate in interface FreeRefFunction

Parameters:

args - the pre-evaluated arguments for this function. args is never null, nor are any of its elements.

ec - primarily used to identify the source cell containing the formula being evaluated. may also be used to dynamically create reference evals.

Returns:

never null. Possibly an instance of ErrorEval in the case of a specified Excel error (Exceptions are never thrown to represent Excel errors).