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<document>
<header>
<title>The New Halloween Document</title>
<authors>
<person email="marc.johnson@yahoo.com" name="Marc Johnson" id="MJ"/>
</authors>
</header>
<body>
<s1 title="HSSF Use Cases">
<s2 title="Use Case 1: Read existing HSSF">
<p><strong>Primary Actor:</strong> HSSF client</p>
<p><strong>Scope:</strong> HSSF</p>
<p><strong>Level:</strong> Summary</p>
<p><strong>Stakeholders and Interests:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>HSSF client- wants to read content
of HSSF file</li>
<li>HSSF - understands HSSF file</li>
<li>POI - understands underlying POI
file system</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Precondition:</strong> None</p>
<p><strong>Minimal Guarantee:</strong> None</p>
<p><strong>Main Success Guarantee:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>HSSF client requests HSSF to read
a HSSF file, providing an InputStream
containing HSSF file in question.</li>
<li>HSSF requests POI to read the HSSF
file, passing the InputStream
object to POI (POI use case 1, read existing file system)</li>
<li>HSSF reads the &quot;Workbook&quot;
file (use case 4, read workbook entry)</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Extensions:</strong></p>
<p>2a. Exceptions
thrown by POI will be passed on to the HSSF client.</p>
</s2>
<s2 title="Use Case 2: Write HSSF file">
<p><strong>Primary Actor:</strong> HSSF client</p>
<p><strong>Scope:</strong> HSSF</p>
<p><strong>Level:</strong> Summary</p>
<p><strong>Stakeholders and Interests:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>HSSF client- wants to write file
out.</li>
<li>HSSF - knows how to write file
out.</li>
<li>POI - knows how to write file
system out.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Precondition:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>File has been
read (use case 1, read existing HSSF file) and subsequently modified
or file has been created (use case 3, create HSSF file)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Minimal Guarantee:</strong> None</p>
<p><strong>Main Success Guarantee:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>HSSF client
provides an OutputStream to
write the file to.</li>
<li>HSSF writes
the &quot;Workbook&quot; to its associated POI file system (use case
5, write workbook entry)</li>
<li>HSSF
requests POI to write its file system out, using the OutputStream
obtained from the HSSF client (POI use case 2, write file system).</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Extensions:</strong></p>
<p>3a. Exceptions
from POI are passed to the HSSF client.</p>
</s2>
<s2 title="Use Case 3:Create HSSF file">
<p><strong>Primary Actor:</strong> HSSF client</p>
<p><strong>Scope:</strong> HSSF</p>
<p>
<strong>Level:</strong> Summary</p>
<p><strong>Stakeholders and Interests:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>HSSF client- wants to create a new
file.</li>
<li>HSSF - knows how to create a new
file.</li>
<li>POI - knows how to creat a new
file system.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Precondition:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Minimal Guarantee:</strong> None</p>
<p><strong>Main Success Guarantee:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>HSSF requests
POI to create a new file system (POI use case 3, create new file
system)</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Extensions:</strong>
None</p>
</s2>
<s2 title="Use Case 4: Read workbook entry">
<p><strong>Primary Actor:</strong> HSSF</p>
<p><strong>Scope:</strong> HSSF</p>
<p>
<strong>Level:</strong> Summary</p>
<p><strong>Stakeholders and Interests:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>HSSF - knows how to read the
workbook entry</li>
<li>POI - knows how to manage the file
system.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Precondition:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The file
system has been read (use case 1, read existing HSSF file) or has
been created and written to (use case 3, create HSSF file system;
use case 5, write workbook entry).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Minimal
Guarantee:</strong> None</p>
<p><strong>Main Success Guarantee:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>
HSSF requests POI for the &quot;Workbook&quot; file</li>
<li>POI returns
an InputStream for the file.</li>
<li>HSSF reads
from the InputStream provided by POI</li>
<li>HSSF closes
the InputStream provided by POI</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Extensions:</strong></p>
<p>3a. Exceptions
thrown by POI will be passed on</p>
</s2>
<s2 title="Use Case 5: Write workbook entry">
<p><strong>Primary Actor:</strong> HSSF</p>
<p><strong>Scope:</strong> HSSF</p>
<p>
<strong>Level:</strong> Summary</p>
<p><strong>Stakeholders and Interests:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>HSSF - knows how to manage the
write the workbook entry.</li>
<li>POI - knows how to manage the file
system.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Precondition:</strong>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Either an existing HSSF file has
been read (use case 1, read existing HSSF file) or an HSSF file has
been created (use case 3, create HSSF file).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Minimal Guarantee:</strong> None</p>
<p><strong>Main Success Guarantee:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>HSSF
checks the POI file system directory for the &quot;Workbook&quot;
file (POI use case 8, read file system directory)</li>
<li>If &quot;Workbook&quot; is in the directory, HSSF requests POI to
replace it with the new workbook entry (POI use case 4, replace file
in file system). Otherwise, HSSF requests POI to write the new
workbook file, with the name &quot;Workbook&quot; (POI use case 6,
write new file to file system)</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Extensions:</strong>None</p>
</s2>
</s1>
</body>
</document>