Package jxl

Interface Cell

All Known Subinterfaces:
BooleanCell, BooleanFormulaCell, DateCell, DateFormulaCell, ErrorCell, ErrorFormulaCell, FormulaCell, LabelCell, NumberCell, NumberFormulaCell, StringFormulaCell, WritableCell
All Known Implementing Classes:
Blank, jxl.write.biff.BlankRecord, Boolean, jxl.write.biff.BooleanRecord, jxl.write.biff.CellValue, jxl.write.biff.DateRecord, DateTime, Formula, jxl.write.biff.FormulaRecord, Label, jxl.write.biff.LabelRecord, Number, jxl.write.biff.NumberRecord

public interface Cell
Represents an individual Cell within a Sheet. May be queried for its type and its content
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Gets any special cell features, such as comments (notes) or cell validation present for this cell
    Gets the cell format which applies to this cell Note that for cell with a cell type of EMPTY, which has no formatting information, this method will return null.
    int
    Returns the column number of this cell
    Quick and dirty function to return the contents of this cell as a string.
    int
    Returns the row number of this cell
    Returns the content type of this cell
    boolean
    Indicates whether or not this cell is hidden, by virtue of either the entire row or column being collapsed
  • Method Details

    • getRow

      int getRow()
      Returns the row number of this cell
      Returns:
      the row number of this cell
    • getColumn

      int getColumn()
      Returns the column number of this cell
      Returns:
      the column number of this cell
    • getType

      CellType getType()
      Returns the content type of this cell
      Returns:
      the content type for this cell
    • isHidden

      boolean isHidden()
      Indicates whether or not this cell is hidden, by virtue of either the entire row or column being collapsed
      Returns:
      TRUE if this cell is hidden, FALSE otherwise
    • getContents

      String getContents()
      Quick and dirty function to return the contents of this cell as a string. For more complex manipulation of the contents, it is necessary to cast this interface to correct subinterface
      Returns:
      the contents of this cell as a string
    • getCellFormat

      CellFormat getCellFormat()
      Gets the cell format which applies to this cell Note that for cell with a cell type of EMPTY, which has no formatting information, this method will return null. Some empty cells (eg. on template spreadsheets) may have a cell type of EMPTY, but will actually contain formatting information
      Returns:
      the cell format applied to this cell, or NULL if this is an empty cell
    • getCellFeatures

      CellFeatures getCellFeatures()
      Gets any special cell features, such as comments (notes) or cell validation present for this cell
      Returns:
      the cell features, or NULL if this cell has no special features