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package org.apache.poi.ss.formula;

import org.apache.poi.util.Internal;

/**
 * Abstracts a sheet for the purpose of formula evaluation.<br>
 * 
 * For POI internal use only
 * 
 * @author Josh Micich
 */
@Internal
public interface EvaluationSheet {

    /**
     * @return <code>null</code> if there is no cell at the specified coordinates
     */
    EvaluationCell getCell(int rowIndex, int columnIndex);
    
    /**
     * Propagated from {@link EvaluationWorkbook#clearAllCachedResultValues()} to clear locally cached data.
     * 
     * @see WorkbookEvaluator#clearAllCachedResultValues()
     * @see EvaluationWorkbook#clearAllCachedResultValues()
     * @since POI 3.15 beta 3
     */
    public void clearAllCachedResultValues();
    
    /**
     * @return last row index referenced on this sheet, for evaluation optimization
     * @since POI 4.0.0
     */
    public int getLastRowNum();
    
    /**
     * Used by SUBTOTAL and similar functions that have options to ignore hidden rows
     * @param rowIndex
     * @return true if the row is hidden, false if not
     * @since POI 4.1.0
     */
    public boolean isRowHidden(int rowIndex);
}