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