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/* * License: GPL. Copyright 2016- (C) by Sebastian Aust (https://www.ryanthara.de/) * * This file is part of the package de.ryanthara.ja.rycon.converter.excel * * This package is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later * version. * * This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.See the GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with * this package. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package de.ryanthara.ja.rycon.converter.excel; import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook; import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell; import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row; import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet; import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook; import org.apache.poi.ss.util.WorkbookUtil; import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook; import java.util.ArrayList; /** * This class provides functions to convert coordinate or measurement files in ASCII text format * into Microsoft Excel (XLS and XLSX) files. * * @author sebastian * @version 1 * @since 12 */ public class TXT2Excel { private ArrayList<String> readStringLines; private Workbook workbook; /** * Class constructor for read line based text files in different formats. * * @param readStringLines {@code ArrayList<String>} with lines in text format */ public TXT2Excel(ArrayList<String> readStringLines) { this.readStringLines = readStringLines; } /** * Converts a TXT file element by element into an Excel file. * * @param isXLS selector to distinguish between XLS and XLSX file extension * @param sheetName name of the sheet (file name from input file) * * @return success conversion success */ public boolean convertTXT2Excel(boolean isXLS, String sheetName) { // general preparation of the workbook if (isXLS) { workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(); } else { workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(); } String safeName = WorkbookUtil.createSafeSheetName(sheetName); Sheet sheet = workbook.createSheet(safeName); Row row; Cell cell; short rowNumber = 0; short cellNumber; short countColumns = 0; for (String line : readStringLines) { String[] lineSplit = line.trim().split("\\s+"); row = sheet.createRow(rowNumber); rowNumber++; cellNumber = 0; for (String element : lineSplit) { cell = row.createCell(cellNumber); cellNumber++; cell.setCellValue(element); if (cellNumber > countColumns) { countColumns = cellNumber; } } } // adjust column width to fit the content for (int i = 0; i < countColumns; i++) { sheet.autoSizeColumn((short) i); } return rowNumber > 1; } /** * Returns the Workbook for writing it to a file. * * @return Workbook */ public Workbook getWorkbook() { return this.workbook; } } // end of TXT2Excel