Java tutorial
/* * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties. * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ package testpoi; /** * * @author chandni */ import java.io.*; import java.util.Iterator; import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet; import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook; import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell; import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row; public class POI_POC { /** * @param args the command line arguments */ public static void main(String[] args) { try { FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream( new File("/home/chandni/Documents/HMS Docs/01.01.2014.xlsx")); //Get the workbook instance for XLS file XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(file); //Get first sheet from the workbook XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0); //Get iterator to all the rows in current sheet Iterator<Row> rowIterator = sheet.iterator(); while (rowIterator.hasNext()) { Row row = rowIterator.next(); //For each row, iterate through each columns Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator(); while (cellIterator.hasNext()) { Cell cell = cellIterator.next(); switch (cell.getCellType()) { case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN: System.out.print(cell.getBooleanCellValue() + "\t\t"); break; case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC: System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue() + "\t\t"); break; case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING: System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue() + "\t\t"); break; } } System.out.println(""); } file.close(); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }