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Unable to open Excel file after excecuting my java apache poi program and i am using file output stream

I am using Apache poi to extract Mysql data to an Excel file. The code is running correctly but when I am trying to open the excel file it is showing error.
package com.telkomsel.excel;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFCell;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFRow;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
import com.telkomsel.configuirator.Configurator;
import com.telkomsel.dbconnection.DBConnection;
import com.telkomsel.service.TelkomselEntities;
public class TelkomselExcel {
DBConnection db = new DBConnection();
static Configurator configurator = null;
Connection conn = null;
static Statement statement = null;
static ResultSet resultSet = null;
public static HashMap<Integer, TelkomselEntities> getTelkomselData(Statement statement) {
configurator = new Configurator();
String Query = configurator.getProperty("sql_query1");
HashMap<Integer, TelkomselEntities> all = null;
TelkomselEntities smsModel = null;
try {
all = new HashMap<Integer, TelkomselEntities>();
resultSet = statement.executeQuery(Query);
while (resultSet.next()) {
int hour = resultSet.getInt("hour(timestamp)");
String count = resultSet.getString("count(1)");
smsModel = new TelkomselEntities(hour, count, count, count);
all.put(hour, smsModel);
}
smsModel = new TelkomselEntities();
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(new File("Tracker.xlsx"));
XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fis);
XSSFSheet worksheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
XSSFRow row = null;
XSSFCell cell;
int i = 1;
for (Integer l : all.keySet()) {
TelkomselEntities us = all.get(l);
row = worksheet.createRow(i);
cell = row.createCell(2);
cell.setCellValue(us.getHour());
cell = row.createCell(3);
cell.setCellValue(us.getCharge_Count());
i++;
}
fis.close();
FileOutputStream output_file = new FileOutputStream(new File("Tracker.xlsx"),true);
System.out.println("SUCCESS");
workbook.write(output_file);
workbook.close();
output_file.flush();
output_file.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
return all;
}
}
I think file output stream is creating problem as it converts data into byte codes. i tried every thing but doesn't work. my excel file is not working

As you supposed, the problem hides inside the line:
FileOutputStream output_file = new FileOutputStream(new File("Tracker.xlsx"),true);
When creating a new XSSFWorkbook Java Object from an existing excel (which you want to update), that XSSFWorkbook is initially created based on your excel file content, then it is totally independent from it.The proof of this is that all changes to the XSSFWorkbook Java Object ARE NOT going to affect the original excel file at all. Apache Poi works that way!
This is the reason why once you're done editing your XSSFWorkbook you have to save it as a new excel file (using a FileOutputStream) overriding the original one (in a sense, you're now updating your excel file with all your changes).
But as the docs says, you're telling FileOutputStream not to override the original excel file with the new and updated one but to append the second to the first one, upsi dupsi! You're creating a single file which contains both all the bytes of the original old file and all the bytes of the new updated one!
To solve the problem, just use instead:
FileOutputStream output_file = new FileOutputStream(new File("Tracker.xlsx"),false);
or
FileOutputStream output_file = new FileOutputStream(new File("Tracker.xlsx"));
and you're done!
Edit: learn Apache Poi before using Apache Poi
It seems that you're using FileOutputStream wrong because you don't know how Apache Poi works and how to use it. You might want to study a little bit about it before using it, the web is full of examples and tutorials! Here they are some examples provided by Apache Poi itself, you might want to have a look at them.
As I said before, the XSSFWorkbook is initialized with all the content of your original excel file. So if you start filling your XSSFSheet from the second line (that's what you're actually doing with your code) you are literally asking to your XSSFWorkbook to override existing data with new one.
You have to improve your code, searching for already existing data in rows and cells and not overriding it if you don't want to.
Rows and cells of each XSSFSheet of your XSSFWorkbook are numbered using 0-based indexes (that's the reason why your code, which starts filling rows from index 1, is filling rows starting from the second one).
With the method XSSFSheet#getRow(int rownum) you can retreive any row from the current XSSFSheet indicating its 0-based index. If this method returns null, then the row you're asking for has never been used and you have to create it using the method XSSFSheet#createRow(int rownum). If it doesn't, then the row you're asking for has already been used and contains some data in some of its cells.
With the method XSSFRow#getCell(int cellnum) you can retrieve any cell from the current XSSFRow indicating its 0-based index. If this method returns null, then the cell you're asking for has never been used and you have to create it using the method XSSFRow#createCell(int cellnum, CellType celltype). If it doesn't, then the cell you're asking for has already been used and contains some data in it.
You can retrieve the CellType of an existing XSSFCell with the method XSSFCell#getCellType().
You can retreive the content of an existing XSSFCell (on the basis of its CellType) using such methods as XSSFCell#getStringCellValue(), XSSFCell#getNumericCellValue() or XSSFCell#getBooleanCellValue().
Other useful methods are XSSFSheet#getLastRowNum() and XSSFRow#getLastCellNum(). The first one returns the index of the last already used row inside your sheet, the second one returns the index of the first not used cell inside your row.
Here it is an example for you (filling 42 rows of your sheet after the last existing one):
public static void main(String[] args) throws EncryptedDocumentException, FileNotFoundException, IOException {
// Step 1: load your excel file as a Workbook
String excelFilePath = "D:\\Desktop\\textExcel.xlsx";
XSSFWorkbook workbook = (XSSFWorkbook) WorkbookFactory.create(new FileInputStream(excelFilePath));
// Step 2: modify your Workbook as you prefer
XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
int firstUnusedRowIndex = sheet.getLastRowNum() + 1;
for (int rowIndex = firstUnusedRowIndex ; rowIndex < firstUnusedRowIndex + 42 ; rowIndex++) {
sheet.createRow(rowIndex).createCell(0, CellType.STRING).setCellValue("New Row n°" + (rowIndex - firstUnusedRowIndex + 1));
}
// Step 3: update the original excel file
FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(excelFilePath);
workbook.write(outputStream);
workbook.close();
outputStream.close();
}

Data validation fails when copy pasting data in excel made through apache poi

I am making one .xls file using apache poi. I'm including some data validations also as shown.
ObservableList<String> objectstatusList = UpgradeWorkBench.wsData.getObjectStatusDevMan("Test", "testing");
String[] strStatus = new String[objectstatusList.size()];
objectstatusList.toArray(strStatus);
CellRangeAddressList addressListStatus = new CellRangeAddressList(0, 65535, 9, 9);
DVConstraint dvConstraintStatus = DVConstraint.createExplicitListConstraint(strStatus);
dataValidationStatus = new HSSFDataValidation(addressListStatus, dvConstraintStatus);
dataValidationStatus.setSuppressDropDownArrow(false);
dataValidationStatus.setErrorStyle(ErrorStyle.STOP);
The validation is applied correctly if I enter any data manually. But if I copy paste data from some other cell the validation fails, also the validation gets completely removed from that cell. Can anyone please help on how can i validate data even on copy paste.
I saw many links but couldnt get the correct solution

Since apache poi cannot create macros, the only way is to have a template with the needed macro and creating the result from that template.
Example:
Have a template.xls with a worksheet Sheet1 and the macro from http://spreadsheetpage.com/index.php/tip/ensuring_that_data_validation_is_not_deleted/ located in the code module for that worksheet.
Edit 2020-09-03:
The above link is dead now. But see https://superuser.com/questions/870926/restrict-paste-into-dropdown-cells-in-excel. There the used name is "DataValidationRange" instead of "ValidationRange". This would must be considered.
Then you could use following code:
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.*;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.*;
import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.exceptions.InvalidFormatException;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DataValidation.ErrorStyle;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.*;
import java.io.*;
class ReadAndWriteFromTemplateWithMacro {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
String templateName = "template.xls";
String resultName = "result.xls";
String sheetName = "Sheet1";
String[] strStatus = new String[]{"on", "off", "maybe"};
FileInputStream template = new FileInputStream(templateName);
Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(template);
Sheet sheet = wb.getSheet(sheetName);
if (sheet instanceof HSSFSheet) {
CellRangeAddressList addressListStatus = new CellRangeAddressList(0, 65535, 9, 9);
DVConstraint dvConstraint = DVConstraint.createExplicitListConstraint(strStatus);
DataValidation dataValidation = new HSSFDataValidation(addressListStatus, dvConstraint);
dataValidation.setSuppressDropDownArrow(false);
dataValidation.setErrorStyle(ErrorStyle.STOP);
sheet.addValidationData(dataValidation);
//create a named range for the data validation as described in http://spreadsheetpage.com/index.php/tip/ensuring_that_data_validation_is_not_deleted/
Name name = wb.createName();
name.setNameName("ValidationRange");
String reference = addressListStatus.getCellRangeAddress(0).formatAsString(sheetName, true);
name.setRefersToFormula(reference);
}
FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(resultName);
wb.write(output);
wb.close();
} catch (InvalidFormatException ifex) {
} catch (FileNotFoundException fnfex) {
} catch (IOException ioex) {
}
}
}
Now the result.xls will contain that macro also. If macros are enabled, then this macro will prevent destroy data valitation by pasting over.

Using hashmap for POI Java XLSX

I have been trying to edit my code to allow a XLSX file to be uploaded and be able to be read on the website. But after countless tries, the data I typed into the XLSX File is unable to be captured on the website. (Eg: After downloading the XLSX Template from the website, I am able to type in anything that I want in the XLSX file and able to upload it again to the website so I do not need to keep on adding new data by clicking "new" every single time. I can just type in everything in that XLSX File all at once and upload it right away)
I was told to use hashmap but I am unsure of the way it works. The codes I have currently only enables the website to capture the header title and I am not suppose to use jxl.
While removing those codes that has jxl, I encounter some errors (being underline in red).
public HashMap getConstructJXLList_xlsx(UploadedFile File, int Sheetindex) {
String _LOC = "[PageCodeBase: getConstructJXLList]";
HashMap _m = new HashMap();
InputStream _is = null;
try {
_is = File.getInputstream();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
XSSFWorkbook workbook;
XSSFSheet s;
try {
workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(_is);
s = workbook.getSheetAt(Sheetindex);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(_LOC + "1.0 " + " Test:");
int _totalc = getColumns(); //getColumns is being underline in red
int _totalr = getRows(); //getRows is being underline in red
// Header r=0
String[] _st = new String[_totalc];
//XSSFSheet sheet = null;
for (int _c = 0; _c < _totalc; _c++) {
_st[_c] = getCell(_c, 0); //getCell is being underline in red
}
_m.put("HEADER", _st);
System.out.println(_LOC + "1.0 " + " _m:" + _m);
// Data r=1 thereafter
List _l = new ArrayList();
for (int _r = 1; _r < _totalr; _r++) {
Object[] _o = new Object[_totalc];
String _s_r = null;
for (int _c = 0; _c < _totalc; _c++) {
_o[_c] = getCell(_c, _r);
String _cn = _o[_c].getClass().getName();
String _s_c = null;
if (!isEmptyNull(_s_c)) {
_s_r = "record_available";
}
}
if ((_o != null) && (_o.length != 0)) {
_l.add(_o);
}
}
_m.put("DATA", _l);
System.out.println(_LOC + "1.0 " + " _m:" + _m);
}
return _m;
}
Do you mind helping me to solve this? Why there isn't any data being capture in the website? The error shown is "The method getColumns/getCell/getRows is undefined for the type PageCodeBase." And the help/quick fix given is to create a new method. But after creating the new method, I am unsure of what to add in the methods. Have tried various example (http://snippetjournal.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/read-xlsx-using-poi/) but I stil can't seem to get it work out.

I would recommend you to manage de excel file using this classes from the apache POI api
org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.WorkbookFactory;
instead of those XSSFWorkbook, XSSFSheet...
And also when accessing the file input stream try doing it this way:
FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(new File("C:\\Users\\admin\\Desktop\\Load_AcctCntr_Template.xlsx"));
Workbook workBook = WorkbookFactory.create(stream);
workBook.getSheetAt(0);

use this.
FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(new File("C:/Users/admin/Desktop/Load_AcctCntr_Template.xlsx"));
Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(input);
as mentioned in user3661357 answer. use
Workbook instead of XSSFWorkbook.
Sheet instead of XSSFSheet.
etc..
Also read this
Getting Exception(org.apache.poi.openxml4j.exception - no content type [M1.13]) when reading xlsx file using Apache POI?
*HINT > use ALT+SHIFT+I in netbeans to load the necessary packages.
A working example
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.exceptions.InvalidFormatException;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.WorkbookFactory;
public class POITest {
public static void test() {
try {
FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(new File("C:/Users/kingslayer/Desktop/test/a.xlsx"));
Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(input);
Sheet s = wb.getSheetAt(0);
Iterator<Row> rows = s.rowIterator();
while (rows.hasNext()) {
Row row = rows.next();
Iterator cells = row.cellIterator();
while (cells.hasNext()) {
Cell cell = (Cell) cells.next();
if (cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING) {
System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue() + "t");
} else if (cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC) {
System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue() + "t");
} else if (cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK == cell.getCellType()) {
System.out.print("BLANK ");
} else {
System.out.print("Unknown cell type");
}
}
input.close();
}
} catch (IOException | InvalidFormatException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(POITest.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
test();
}
}
All the libraries you must have on the project path.
commons-codec-1.5.jar ,
commons-logging-1.1.jar ,
dom4j-1.6.1.jar ,
junit-3.8.1.jar ,
log4j-1.2.13.jar ,
poi-3.9-20121203.jar ,
poi-excelant-3.9-20121203.jar ,
poi-ooxml-3.9-20121203.jar ,
poi-ooxml-schemas-3.9-20121203.jar ,
poi-scratchpad-3.9-20121203.jar ,
stax-api-1.0.1.jar ,
xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar ,

1) get rid of POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(input); as you are not using it
2) input.close(); is called after first iteration of row

How to read and write values in excel using java?

Sample Excel --> Sorry I'm not allowed to attached a image..
TC No. | Title | Result
1 | State and Vin | Failed
2 | State and Reg Code | Passed
3 | Booking a Test Drive | Passed
public class sampleTest{
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
int iTest = 2, iTest2 = 3;
if (iTest == iTest2){
//It will pass a value into the excel (e.g. "Passed")
}
else{
//It will pass a value into the excel (e.g. "Failed")
}
}
My program's goal is to generate a report by getting the Passed and Failed results from my tests. My main problem here is on how to read the results from the excel and place the value "Passed" or "Failed" under Result column.

Download the apache poi jar from here
Go through these examples which demonstrates how to read/write xls data from a java program
Sample help code:
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Workbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook();
Sheet sheet = wb.createSheet("sheet");
Row row = sheet.createRow((short) 0);
row.createCell(0).setCellValue(1.2);
row.createCell(1).setCellValue(wb.getCreationHelper().createRichTextString("This is a string"));
row.createCell(2).setCellValue(true);
FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("workbook.xls");
wb.write(fileOut);
fileOut.close();
}
This might help you to get started.
The whole flow is:
Create a workbook => The main xls file
Then create a sheet
Then create a row.
For each row create as many cells as you want and fill the cells with different values
Write the workbook like a file.
There can be multiple type of cells see this for more info.
To know how to read an excel file:
InputStream myxls = new FileInputStream("workbook.xls");
wb = new HSSFWorkbook(myxls);
sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0); // first sheet
row = sheet.getRow(0); // third row
HSSFCell cell = (HSSFCell) row.getCell((short)1); // fourth cell
if (cell.getCellType() == HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_STRING) {
System.out.println("The Cell was a String with value \" " + cell.getStringCellValue()+" \" ");
} else if (cell.getCellType() == HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC) {
System.out.println("The cell was a number " + cell.getNumericCellValue());
} else {
System.out.println("The cell was nothing we're interested in");
}
For more info see this

Via library that will be your interface to Excel document. One option is Apache POI. Excel example code can be found from here.
Other option is Java Excel API.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/xmlbeans/XmlException

I have to read xls file in java.I used poi-3.6 to read xls file in Eclipse.But i m getting this ERROR"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/xmlbeans/XmlException at ReadExcel2.main(ReadExcel2.java:38)".
I have added following jars
1)poi-3.6-20091214.jar
2)poi-contrib-3.6-20091214.jar
3)poi-examples-3.6-20091214.jar
4)poi-ooxml-3.6-20091214.jar
5)poi-ooxml-schemas-3.6-20091214.jar
6)poi-scratchpad-3.6-20091214.jar
Below is the code which i m using:
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFCell;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFRow;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class ReadExcel {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
//
// An excel file name. You can create a file name with a full path
// information.
//
String filename = "C:\\myExcel.xl";
//
// Create an ArrayList to store the data read from excel sheet.
//
List sheetData = new ArrayList();
FileInputStream fis = null;
try {
//
// Create a FileInputStream that will be use to read the excel file.
//
fis = new FileInputStream(filename);
//
// Create an excel workbook from the file system.
//
// HSSFWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(fis);
Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fis);
//
// Get the first sheet on the workbook.
//
Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
//
// When we have a sheet object in hand we can iterator on each
// sheet's rows and on each row's cells. We store the data read
// on an ArrayList so that we can printed the content of the excel
// to the console.
//
Iterator rows = sheet.rowIterator();
while (rows.hasNext()) {
Row row = (XSSFRow) rows.next();
Iterator cells = row.cellIterator();
List data = new ArrayList();
while (cells.hasNext()) {
Cell cell = (XSSFCell) cells.next();
data.add(cell);
}
sheetData.add(data);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (fis != null) {
fis.close();
}
}
showExelData(sheetData);
}
private static void showExelData(List sheetData) {
//
// Iterates the data and print it out to the console.
//
for (int i = 0; i < sheetData.size(); i++) {
List list = (List) sheetData.get(i);
for (int j = 0; j < list.size(); j++) {
Cell cell = (XSSFCell) list.get(j);
System.out.print(cell.getRichStringCellValue().getString());
if (j < list.size() - 1) {
System.out.print(", ");
}
}
System.out.println("");
}
}
}
Please help.
thanks in anticipation,
Regards,
Dheeraj!

You need xmlbeans on your classpath.
NoClassDefFoundError means that:
The searched-for class definition existed when the currently executing class was compiled, but the definition can no longer be found.
So next time you get an exception like this, it means that some 3rd party library requires another 3rd party library. Then use google (or any other means) to find which library this is.
Furthermore, most libraries state clearly in their documentations and/or distributions what are their dependencies.

JarFinder suggests XMLBeans.jar

Had the same error on Apache POI 3.16. Added the following jars from Apache POI /ooxml-lib/xmlbeans-2.6.0 and for the next exception regarding collections /lib/commons-collections4-4.1.jar to fix.

I had similar situation in linux env, basically my lib path level was off by 1.