adams.core
Class ExcelHelper

java.lang.Object
  adams.core.ExcelHelper

public class ExcelHelper
extends Object

Helper class for Excel-related stuff.

Version:

$Revision: 6573 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Constructor Summary

ExcelHelper()

Method Summary

static int[]	getCellLocation(String position) Returns row/column index based on the provided position string (e.g., A12).
static String	getCellPosition(int row, int col) Returns the position of the cell.
static String	getColumnPosition(int col) Returns the position letter(s) of the column.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExcelHelper

public ExcelHelper()

Method Detail

getCellLocation

public static int[] getCellLocation(String position)
                             throws Exception

Returns row/column index based on the provided position string (e.g., A12).

Parameters:

position - the position string to parse

Returns:

the array with row and column index (0-based indices)

Throws:

Exception - in case of an invalid position string

getColumnPosition

public static String getColumnPosition(int col)

Returns the position letter(s) of the column.

Parameters:

col - the column index of the cell (0-based)

Returns:

the position string

getCellPosition

public static String getCellPosition(int row,
                                     int col)

Returns the position of the cell. A position is a combination of a number of letters (for the column) and number (for the row).

Parameters:

row - the row index of the cell (0-based)

col - the column index of the cell (0-based)

Returns:

the position string or null if not found