How to read excel(.xlsx) in java using poi?

Question

I am trying to read excel in java.I have following code.

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.         


        

Answer 1

add xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar file to your classpath.

Answer 2

Add

xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar
dom4j-1.6.1.jar 

along with regular POI XMLs, it will surely solve the issue.

Answer 3

Use this : Input String filePath Output is list of list of json objects

Have these dependencies
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
        <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
        <version>3.9</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
        <version>4.0</version>
    </dependency>


/**
 * Function reads the input excel and gives list(sheet) of objects(rows of each sheet)
 * @param filePath
 * @return list of list of json objects
 */
public static List<List> excelFileReader(String filePath){

    List<List>totalSheetList=new ArrayList<>();
    XSSFWorkbook workbook= null;
    try {
        workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(filePath);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    //iteration for sheets in a workbook
    for(int sheetIndex=0;sheetIndex<workbook.getNumberOfSheets();sheetIndex++){
        XSSFSheet sheet=workbook.getSheetAt(sheetIndex);
        XSSFRow row=null;
        List<JSONObject> singleSheetList=new ArrayList<>();

        //excel header - first row and non-empty
        String[] header=new String[sheet.getRow(0).getPhysicalNumberOfCells()];
        if (sheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows()!=0 && sheet.getRow(0).getRowNum()==0) {
            row=sheet.getRow(0);
            for(int index=0;index<row.getPhysicalNumberOfCells();index++){
                header[index]=(row.getCell(index).getStringCellValue());
            }
        }

        //if header exists , start reading the values excluding first row (header)
        if(header.length!=0){
            for(int rowIndex=1;rowIndex<sheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows();rowIndex++){
                row=sheet.getRow(rowIndex);
                HashMap<String,Object> eachRow=new HashMap<>();
                for(int colIndex=0;colIndex<header.length;colIndex++) {
                    String cell = "";
                    if(row.getCell(colIndex)==null){
                        cell="";
                    }else{
                        if(row.getCell(colIndex).getCellType()==Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING){
                            cell = row.getCell(colIndex).getRichStringCellValue().toString();
                        }else{
                            row.getCell(colIndex).setCellType(Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING);
                            cell=row.getCell(colIndex).getStringCellValue();
                        }
                    }
                    eachRow.put(header[colIndex], cell);
                }
                JSONObject eachRowJsonObject = new JSONObject(eachRow);
                singleSheetList.add(eachRowJsonObject);
            }
        }
        totalSheetList.add(singleSheetList);
    }
    return totalSheetList;
}

Answer 4

Add following jars and add them to your classpath then run your project.

1. dom4j-1.6.1-sources.jar
2. dom4j.jar
3. log4j-1.2.17.jar
4. poi-3.5-FINAL.jar
5. poi-ooxml-3.5-beta5.jar
6. poi-ooxml-schemas-3.9.jar
7. xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar

Answer 5

Add following jar files:

• poi-3.9.jar
• poi-ooxml-3.9.jar
• poi-ooxml-schemas-3.7.jar
• xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar
• dom4j-1.6.1.jar