Java tutorial
/* * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties. * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ package com.mycompany.mavenlocalrepository; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.poi.hssf.extractor.ExcelExtractor; import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem; /** * * @author S525772 */ public class POIDriver { public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException { //Create POI file system object. POIFSFileSystem objPOIFileSystem = new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream("Sample.xls")); //Create a data extractor using file system object. ExcelExtractor datExtractor = new ExcelExtractor(objPOIFileSystem); //Extract data using extractor and print System.out.println(datExtractor.getText()); } }