cell.java

专业为java开发的用于和excel交互的api函数。可以方便访问excel

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*      Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Khan
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package jxl;

import jxl.format.CellFormat;

/**
 * Represents an individual Cell within a Sheet.  May be queried for its
 * type and its content
 */
public interface Cell
{
  /**
   * Returns the row number of this cell
   *
   * @return the row number of this cell
   */
  public int getRow();

  /**
   * Returns the column number of this cell
   *
   * @return the column number of this cell
   */
  public int getColumn();

  /**
   * Returns the content type of this cell
   *
   * @return the content type for this cell
   */
  public CellType getType();

  /**
   * Indicates whether or not this cell is hidden, by virtue of either
   * the entire row or column being collapsed
   *
   * @return TRUE if this cell is hidden, FALSE otherwise
   */
  public boolean isHidden();

  /**
   * 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
   *
   * @return the contents of this cell as a string
   */
  public String getContents();

  /**
   * 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
   *
   * @return the cell format applied to this cell, or NULL if this is an
   *         empty cell
   */
  public CellFormat getCellFormat();

  /**
   * Gets any special cell features, such as comments (notes) or cell
   * validation present for this cell
   *
   * @return the cell features, or NULL if this cell has no special features
   */
  public CellFeatures getCellFeatures();
}