com.gizbel.excel.factory

Class Parser

java.lang.Object

com.gizbel.excel.factory.Parser

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExcelParser

public class Parser
extends Object

Processes only first sheet at one time.
Dependencies are latest version of apache POI.

Author:

Saket Kumar

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Parser(ExcelFactoryType excelFactoryType, File file) Initialize the Parser, will create the headers map using the first row.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Date	dateParser(String value) Parses the date columns in dd-MM-YYYY format.
protected String	getCellValue(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell cell) Returns the text value of a column. If it's a date or number, it will be converted to string and then returned.
protected ExcelFactoryType	getExcelFactoryType()
protected Map<String,String>	getHeadersMap()
protected org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook	getWorkbook()
protected boolean	isEmptyRow(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row row) Checks whether an encountered row is empty or not.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Parser

public Parser(ExcelFactoryType excelFactoryType,
              File file)
       throws Exception

Initialize the Parser, will create the headers map using the first row.

Parameters:

excelFactoryType - the factory type for the parser.

file - the file being parsed.

Throws:

Exception - any handling exception

Method Detail

getCellValue

protected String getCellValue(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell cell)

Returns the text value of a column.
If it's a date or number, it will be converted to string and then returned.

Parameters:

cell - the apache poi cell for excel cell

Returns:

String cell value

dateParser

protected Date dateParser(String value)

Parses the date columns in dd-MM-YYYY format. Customize the format in case.

Parameters:

value - the date value in normal string

Returns:

Date the java util date object

isEmptyRow

protected boolean isEmptyRow(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row row)

Checks whether an encountered row is empty or not.

Parameters:

row - excel row

Returns:

boolean true means row is empty else not empty.

getHeadersMap

protected Map<String,String> getHeadersMap()

getWorkbook

protected org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook getWorkbook()

getExcelFactoryType

protected ExcelFactoryType getExcelFactoryType()