externalsheet.java

一个非常有用的操作MCRSOFT EXCEL文件的工具。可以用JAVA方便的新建

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*      Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Khan
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package jxl.biff.formula;

import jxl.read.biff.BOFRecord;

/**
 * Interface which exposes the methods needed by formulas 
 * to access external sheet records
 */
public interface ExternalSheet
{
  /**
   * Gets the name of the external sheet specified by the index
   *
   * @param index the external sheet index
   * @return the name of the external sheet
   */
  public String getExternalSheetName(int index);

  /**
   * Gets the index of the first external sheet for the name
   *
   * @param sheetName the name of the external sheet
   * @return  the index of the external sheet with the specified name
   */
  public int getExternalSheetIndex(String sheetName);

  /**
   * Gets the index of the first external sheet for the name
   *
   * @param index the external sheet index
   * @return the sheet index of the external sheet index
   */
  public int getExternalSheetIndex(int index);

  /**
   * Gets the index of the last external sheet for the name
   *
   * @param sheetName the name of the external sheet
   * @return  the index of the external sheet with the specified name
   */
  public int getLastExternalSheetIndex(String sheetName);

  /**
   * Gets the index of the first external sheet for the name
   *
   * @param index the external sheet index
   * @return the sheet index of the external sheet index
   */
  public int getLastExternalSheetIndex(int index);

  /**
   * Parsing of formulas is only supported for a subset of the available
   * biff version, so we need to test to see if this version is acceptable
   *
   * @return the BOF record, which 
   */
  public BOFRecord getWorkbookBof();
}