I want to read and write an Excel file from Java with 3 columns and N rows, printing one string in each cell. Can anyone give me simple code snippet for this? Do I need to use any external lib or does Java have built-in support for it?
I want to do the following:
for(i=0; i <rows; i++)
//read [i,col1] ,[i,col2], [i,col3]
for(i=0; i<rows; i++)
//write [i,col1], [i,col2], [i,col3]
Another way to read/write Excel files is to use Windmill. It provides a fluent API to process Excel and CSV files.
try (Stream<Row> rowStream = Windmill.parse(FileSource.of(new FileInputStream("myFile.xlsx")))) {
rowStream
// skip the header row that contains the column names
.skip(1)
.forEach(row -> {
System.out.println(
"row n°" + row.rowIndex()
+ " column 'User login' value : " + row.cell("User login").asString()
+ " column n°3 number value : " + row.cell(2).asDouble().value() // index is zero-based
);
});
}
Windmill
.export(Arrays.asList(bean1, bean2, bean3))
.withHeaderMapping(
new ExportHeaderMapping<Bean>()
.add("Name", Bean::getName)
.add("User login", bean -> bean.getUser().getLogin())
)
.asExcel()
.writeTo(new FileOutputStream("Export.xlsx"));
You need Apache POI library and this code below should help you
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Iterator;
//*************************************************************
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
//*************************************************************
public class AdvUse {
private static Workbook wb ;
private static Sheet sh ;
private static FileInputStream fis ;
private static FileOutputStream fos ;
private static Row row ;
private static Cell cell ;
private static String ExcelPath ;
//*************************************************************
public static void setEcxelFile(String ExcelPath, String SheetName) throws Exception {
try {
File f= new File(ExcelPath);
if(!f.exists()){
f.createNewFile();
System.out.println("File not Found so created");
}
fis = new FileInputStream("./testData.xlsx");
wb = WorkbookFactory.create(fis);
sh = wb.getSheet("SheetName");
if(sh == null){
sh = wb.getSheet(SheetName);
}
}catch(Exception e)
{System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
//*************************************************************
public static void setCellData(String text , int rowno , int colno){
try{
row = sh.getRow(rowno);
if(row == null){
row = sh.createRow(rowno);
}
cell = row.getCell(colno);
if(cell!=null){
cell.setCellValue(text);
}
else{
cell = row.createCell(colno);
cell.setCellValue(text);
}
fos = new FileOutputStream(ExcelPath);
wb.write(fos);
fos.flush();
fos.close();
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
//*************************************************************
public static String getCellData(int rowno , int colno){
try{
cell = sh.getRow(rowno).getCell(colno);
String CellData = null ;
switch(cell.getCellType()){
case STRING :
CellData = cell.getStringCellValue();
break ;
case NUMERIC :
CellData = Double.toString(cell.getNumericCellValue());
if(CellData.contains(".o")){
CellData = CellData.substring(0,CellData.length()-2);
}
break ;
case BLANK :
CellData = ""; break ;
}
return CellData;
}catch(Exception e){return ""; }
}
//*************************************************************
public static int getLastRow(){
return sh.getLastRowNum();
}
You can not read & write same file in parallel(Read-write lock). But, we can do parallel operations on temporary data(i.e. Input/output stream). Write the data to file only after closing the input stream. Below steps should be followed.
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
public class XLSXReaderWriter {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
File excel = new File("D://raju.xlsx");
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(excel);
XSSFWorkbook book = new XSSFWorkbook(fis);
XSSFSheet sheet = book.getSheetAt(0);
Iterator<Row> itr = sheet.iterator();
// Iterating over Excel file in Java
while (itr.hasNext()) {
Row row = itr.next();
// Iterating over each column of Excel file
Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();
while (cellIterator.hasNext()) {
Cell cell = cellIterator.next();
switch (cell.getCellType()) {
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue() + "\t");
break;
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue() + "\t");
break;
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
System.out.print(cell.getBooleanCellValue() + "\t");
break;
default:
}
}
System.out.println("");
}
// writing data into XLSX file
Map<String, Object[]> newData = new HashMap<String, Object[]>();
newData.put("1", new Object[] { 1d, "Raju", "75K", "dev",
"SGD" });
newData.put("2", new Object[] { 2d, "Ramesh", "58K", "test",
"USD" });
newData.put("3", new Object[] { 3d, "Ravi", "90K", "PMO",
"INR" });
Set<String> newRows = newData.keySet();
int rownum = sheet.getLastRowNum();
for (String key : newRows) {
Row row = sheet.createRow(rownum++);
Object[] objArr = newData.get(key);
int cellnum = 0;
for (Object obj : objArr) {
Cell cell = row.createCell(cellnum++);
if (obj instanceof String) {
cell.setCellValue((String) obj);
} else if (obj instanceof Boolean) {
cell.setCellValue((Boolean) obj);
} else if (obj instanceof Date) {
cell.setCellValue((Date) obj);
} else if (obj instanceof Double) {
cell.setCellValue((Double) obj);
}
}
}
// open an OutputStream to save written data into Excel file
FileOutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(excel);
book.write(os);
System.out.println("Writing on Excel file Finished ...");
// Close workbook, OutputStream and Excel file to prevent leak
os.close();
book.close();
fis.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException fe) {
fe.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException ie) {
ie.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
When using the apache poi 4.1.2. The celltype changes a bit. Below is an example
try {
File excel = new File("/home/name/Downloads/bb.xlsx");
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(excel);
XSSFWorkbook book = new XSSFWorkbook(fis);
XSSFSheet sheet = book.getSheetAt(0);
Iterator<Row> itr = sheet.iterator();
// Iterating over Excel file in Java
while (itr.hasNext()) {
Row row = itr.next();
Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();
while (cellIterator.hasNext()) {
Cell cell = cellIterator.next();
switch (cell.getCellType()) {
case STRING:
System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue() + "\t");
break;
case NUMERIC:
System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue() + "\t");
break;
case BOOLEAN:
System.out.print(cell.getBooleanCellValue() + "\t");
break;
default:
}
}
System.out.println("");}
}catch (Exception e) {
// TODO: handle exception
e.printStackTrace();
}
If you go for third party library option, try using Aspose.Cells API that enables Java Applications to create (read/write) and manage Excel spreadsheets efficiently without requiring Microsoft Excel.
e.g
Sample code:
1.
//Load sample workbook
Workbook wb = new Workbook(dirPath + "sample.xlsx");
//Access first worksheet
Worksheet ws = wb.getWorksheets().get(0);
//Access cells iterator
Iterator itrat = ws.getCells().iterator();
//Print cells name in iterator
while(itrat.hasNext())
{
Cell cell = (Cell)itrat.next();
System.out.println(cell.getName() + ": " + cell.getStringValue().trim());
}
Workbook book = new Workbook("sample.xlsx");
Worksheet sheet = book.getWorksheets().get(0);
Range range = sheet.getCells().getMaxDisplayRange();//You may also create your desired range (in the worksheet) using, e.g sheet.getCells().createRange("A1", "J11");
Iterator rangeIterator = range.iterator();
while(rangeIterator.hasNext())
{
Cell cell = (Cell)rangeIterator.next();
//your code goes here.
}
Hope, this helps a bit.
PS. I am working as Support developer/ Evangelist at Aspose.