How do I create an Excel document using Apache POI?
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This example demonstrate how to create an excel document using Apache POI library. In this example we create a simple document containing two sheets which have a value on their first cell.
package org.kodejava.example.poi;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.*;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class CreateExcelDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//
// Creating an instance of HSSFWorkbook.
//
HSSFWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook();
//
// Create two sheets in the excel document and name it First Sheet and
// Second Sheet.
//
HSSFSheet firstSheet = workbook.createSheet("FIRST SHEET");
HSSFSheet secondSheet = workbook.createSheet("SECOND SHEET");
//
// Manipulate the firs sheet by creating an HSSFRow wich represent a
// single row in excel sheet, the first row started from 0 index. After
// the row is created we create a HSSFCell in this first cell of the row
// and set the cell value with an instance of HSSFRichTextString
// containing the words FIRST SHEET.
//
HSSFRow rowA = firstSheet.createRow(0);
HSSFCell cellA = rowA.createCell(0);
cellA.setCellValue(new HSSFRichTextString("FIRST SHEET"));
HSSFRow rowB = secondSheet.createRow(0);
HSSFCell cellB = rowB.createCell(0);
cellB.setCellValue(new HSSFRichTextString("SECOND SHEET"));
//
// To write out the workbook into a file we need to create an output
// stream where the workbook content will be written to.
//
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
fos = new FileOutputStream(new File("CreateExcelDemo.xls"));
workbook.write(fos);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (fos != null) {
try {
fos.flush();
fos.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
}