P O I | |
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What is it? | |
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The POI project consists of APIs for manipulating various file formats | |
based upon Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format using pure Java. | |
A common misconception is that POI writes Excel files. POI is the name | |
of the project. | |
POI contains several components, one of which, HSSF, writes Excel files. | |
The following are components of the entire POI project. | |
POIFS | |
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The oldest and most stable part of the project. | |
It is our port of the OLE 2 Compound Document Format to pure Java. | |
It supports both read and write functionality. | |
All of our components ultimately rely on it by definition. | |
HSSF | |
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It's our port of the Microsoft Excel 97(-2002) file format (BIFF8) | |
to pure Java. It supports read and write capability. | |
HDF | |
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It's our port of the Microsoft Word 97 file format to pure Java. | |
It supports read and write capability. | |
This component is in the early stages of design. | |
Jump in! | |
Where is it? | |
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The home page for the POI project can be found in the POI | |
Project web site (http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/). There you also find | |
information on how to download the latest release as well as all the other | |
information you might need regarding this project. | |
Requirements | |
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The following requirements exist for installing it: | |
o A Java 1.2 or later compatible virtual machine for your operating system. | |
Installation Instructions and Documentation | |
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The documentation available as of the date of this release is | |
included in the "docs/" directory. | |
Look for the most updated documentation on the POI web site. | |
Licensing and legal issues | |
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For legal and licensing issues, please read the LICENSE files | |
in the /legal directory. | |
Thanks for using POI. | |
The POI Project | |
http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ | |