Java Excel API

Java Excel API (a.k.a. JXL API) allows users to read, write, create, and modify sheets in an Excel (.xls) workbook at runtime. It doesn't support .xlsx format.

Java Excel API

Developer(s)	Andy Khan, Eric H. Jung
Stable release	2.6.12
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	API to access Microsoft Excel format
License	GNU GPL v2
Website	jexcelapi.sourceforge.net

Microsoft Excel support

Java Excel API supports Excel documents with versions Excel 95, 97, 2000, XP, and 2003. These documents hold the extension .xls.

Usage

Java Excel API is widely used with Selenium.

Example

Sample code to write to an Excel file might look like as follows:

import java.io.File;
import jxl.Workbook;
import jxl.write.WritableSheet;
import jxl.write.WritableWorkbook;
import jxl.write.Label;
import jxl.write.WriteException;

public class DataSheet
{
    private Workbook wbook;
    private WritableWorkbook wwbCopy;
    private WritableSheet shSheet;

    public void readExcel()
    {
        try
        {
            wbook = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File("path/testSampleData.xls"));
            wwbCopy = Workbook.createWorkbook(new File("path/testSampleDataCopy.xls"), wbook);
            shSheet = wwbCopy.getSheet(0);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
   
    public void setValueIntoCell(String strSheetName, int iColumnNumber, int iRowNumber, String strData) throws WriteException
    {
        WritableSheet wshTemp = wwbCopy.getSheet(strSheetName);
        Label labTemp = new Label(iColumnNumber, iRowNumber, strData);
               
        try 
        {
            wshTemp.addCell(labTemp);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
   
    public void closeFile()
    {
        try 
        {
            // Closing the writable work book
            wwbCopy.write();
            wwbCopy.close();

            // Closing the original work book
            wbook.close();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
   
    public static void main(String[] args) throws WriteException
    {
        DataSheet ds = new DataSheet();
        ds.readExcel();
        ds.setValueIntoCell("sheet1", 5, 1, "PASS");
        ds.setValueIntoCell("sheet1", 5, 2, "FAIL");
        ds.setValueIntoCell("sheet1", 5, 3, "PASS");
        ds.closeFile();
    }
}

See also

• Apache POI
• Open Packaging Conventions
• Office Open XML software

External links

• jxl
• Java Excel API
• Jxl - MAVEN repository