Java library for reading Word documents

Question

Is there an open-source Java library for reading Word documents (both .docx and the older .doc format)?

Read-only access if sufficient; I do not need to modify the W

Answer 1

public class XParseTest 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws XmlException, OpenXML4JException, IOException 
    {
        File file=new File("e:\\testing\\new.docx");
        FileInputStream fs = new FileInputStream(file);
        OPCPackage d = OPCPackage.open(fs);
        XWPFWordExtractor xw = new XWPFWordExtractor(d);
        System.out.println(xw.getText());    

    }

}

this will parse docx file...

Answer 2

Apache POI HWPF for .doc and XWPF for .docx files

Answer 3

There is an apache project that does this: http://poi.apache.org//