Class ExcelExtractor

java.lang.Object
loci.poi.POITextExtractor
loci.poi.hssf.extractor.ExcelExtractor

public class ExcelExtractor extends POITextExtractor
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
  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • setIncludeSheetNames

      public void setIncludeSheetNames(boolean includeSheetNames)
      Should sheet names be included? Default is true
    • setFormulasNotResults

      public void setFormulasNotResults(boolean formulasNotResults)
      Should we return the formula itself, and not the result it produces? Default is false
    • getText

      public String getText()
      Retreives the text contents of the file
      Specified by:
      getText in class POITextExtractor
      Returns:
      All the text from the document