POI API Documentation

DDF - Dreadful Drawing Format

org.apache.poi.ddf

This package contains classes for decoding the Microsoft Office Drawing format otherwise known as escher henceforth known in POI as the Dreadful Drawing Format.

HPSF - Horrible Property Set Format

org.apache.poi.hpsf
org.apache.poi.hpsf.extractor
org.apache.poi.hpsf.wellknown	Specific support for DocumentSummaryInformation, SummaryInformation types.

HSSF - Horrible Spreadsheet Format

org.apache.poi.hssf	Horrible SpreadSheet Format API's for reading/writting Excel files using pure Java.
org.apache.poi.hssf.converter
org.apache.poi.hssf.dev	DEV package serves two purposes.
org.apache.poi.hssf.eventmodel
org.apache.poi.hssf.eventusermodel	HSSF eventmodel Package provides an event-based API for reading HSSF files.
org.apache.poi.hssf.eventusermodel.dummyrecord
org.apache.poi.hssf.extractor
org.apache.poi.hssf.model	Provides low level API structures for reading, writing, modifying XLS files.
org.apache.poi.hssf.record	Record package contains class representations for XLS binary strutures.
org.apache.poi.hssf.record.aggregates	record aggregates are not real "records" but collections of records that act as a single record.
org.apache.poi.hssf.record.cf
org.apache.poi.hssf.record.chart
org.apache.poi.hssf.record.common
org.apache.poi.hssf.record.cont
org.apache.poi.hssf.record.crypto
org.apache.poi.hssf.record.pivottable
org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel	usermodel package maps HSSF low level strutures to familiar workbook/sheet model
org.apache.poi.hssf.util	util package contains tools needed for writing HSSF files that are not necesarily "real" HSSF concepts.

HWPF - Horrible Word Processor Format

org.apache.poi.hwpf
org.apache.poi.hwpf.converter
org.apache.poi.hwpf.dev
org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor
org.apache.poi.hwpf.model
org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.io
org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.types
org.apache.poi.hwpf.sprm
org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel

POIFS - POI File System

org.apache.poi.poifs.common	common package contains constants and other classes shared across all POIFS subpackages
org.apache.poi.poifs.crypt
org.apache.poi.poifs.dev	DEV package serves two purposes.
org.apache.poi.poifs.eventfilesystem	The eventfilesystem is an efficient method for reading OLE 2 CDF files.
org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem	filesystem package maps OLE 2 Compound document files to a more familiar filesystem interface.
org.apache.poi.poifs.nio
org.apache.poi.poifs.property	property package contains high and low level Property structures for POIFS.
org.apache.poi.poifs.storage	storage package contains low level binary structures for POIFS's implementation of the OLE 2 Compound Document Format.

Utilities

org.apache.poi.util

Top-level util package are classes that are useful throughout the project.

Other Packages

org.apache.poi
org.apache.poi.common.usermodel
org.apache.poi.dev
org.apache.poi.extractor
org.apache.poi.hdgf
org.apache.poi.hdgf.chunks
org.apache.poi.hdgf.dev
org.apache.poi.hdgf.exceptions
org.apache.poi.hdgf.extractor
org.apache.poi.hdgf.pointers
org.apache.poi.hdgf.streams
org.apache.poi.hmef
org.apache.poi.hmef.attribute
org.apache.poi.hmef.dev
org.apache.poi.hmef.extractor
org.apache.poi.hpbf
org.apache.poi.hpbf.dev
org.apache.poi.hpbf.extractor
org.apache.poi.hpbf.model
org.apache.poi.hpbf.model.qcbits
org.apache.poi.hslf
org.apache.poi.hslf.blip
org.apache.poi.hslf.dev
org.apache.poi.hslf.exceptions
org.apache.poi.hslf.extractor
org.apache.poi.hslf.model
org.apache.poi.hslf.model.textproperties
org.apache.poi.hslf.record
org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel
org.apache.poi.hslf.util
org.apache.poi.hsmf
org.apache.poi.hsmf.datatypes
org.apache.poi.hsmf.dev
org.apache.poi.hsmf.exceptions
org.apache.poi.hsmf.extractor
org.apache.poi.hsmf.parsers
org.apache.poi.openxml4j.exceptions
org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc
org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.internal
org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.internal.marshallers
org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.internal.signature
org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.internal.unmarshallers
org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.signature
org.apache.poi.openxml4j.util
org.apache.poi.sl.usermodel
org.apache.poi.ss
org.apache.poi.ss.extractor
org.apache.poi.ss.format	This package contains classes that implement cell formatting
org.apache.poi.ss.formula	This package contains common internal POI code for manipulating formulas.
org.apache.poi.ss.formula.atp
org.apache.poi.ss.formula.constant
org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval
org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.forked
org.apache.poi.ss.formula.function
org.apache.poi.ss.formula.functions
org.apache.poi.ss.formula.ptg	formula package contains binary PTG structures used in Formulas
org.apache.poi.ss.formula.udf
org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel
org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts
org.apache.poi.ss.util
org.apache.poi.ss.util.cellwalk
org.apache.poi.xslf
org.apache.poi.xslf.extractor
org.apache.poi.xslf.model
org.apache.poi.xslf.model.geom
org.apache.poi.xslf.usermodel
org.apache.poi.xslf.util
org.apache.poi.xssf.dev
org.apache.poi.xssf.eventusermodel
org.apache.poi.xssf.extractor
org.apache.poi.xssf.model
org.apache.poi.xssf.streaming
org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel
org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.charts
org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.extensions
org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.helpers
org.apache.poi.xssf.util
org.apache.poi.xwpf.extractor
org.apache.poi.xwpf.model
org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel