Package org.apache.poi.xssf.model

Interface Comments

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    CommentsTable
    public interface Comments
    An interface exposing useful functions for dealing with Excel Workbook Comments. It is intended that this interface should support low level access and not expose all the comments in memory

    • Method Detail

      • setSheet

        @Internal
void setSheet​(Sheet sheet)
        This method is for internal POI use only. POI uses it to link the sheet and comments table. This method will not move comments from one sheet to another (if a user tries to use this method for that purpose).
        Parameters:
        sheet - the sheet that this comments table is associated with
        Since:
        POI 5.2.0

      • getNumberOfComments

        int getNumberOfComments()

      • getNumberOfAuthors

        int getNumberOfAuthors()

      • getAuthor

        String getAuthor​(long authorId)

      • findAuthor

        int findAuthor​(String author)

      • findCellComment

        XSSFComment findCellComment​(CellAddress cellAddress)
        Finds the cell comment at cellAddress, if one exists
        Parameters:
        cellAddress - the address of the cell to find a comment
        Returns:
        cell comment if one exists, otherwise returns null

      • removeComment

        boolean removeComment​(CellAddress cellRef)
        Remove the comment at cellRef location, if one exists
        Parameters:
        cellRef - the location of the comment to remove
        Returns:
        returns true if a comment was removed

      • getCellAddresses

        Iterator<CellAddress> getCellAddresses()
        Returns all cell addresses that have comments.
        Returns:
        An iterator to traverse all cell addresses that have comments.
        Since:
        4.0.0

      • createNewComment

        XSSFComment createNewComment​(ClientAnchor clientAnchor)
        Create a new comment and add to the CommentTable.
        Parameters:
        clientAnchor - the anchor for this comment
        Returns:
        new XSSFComment
        Since:
        POI 5.2.0

      • referenceUpdated

        void referenceUpdated​(CellAddress oldReference,
                      XSSFComment comment)
        Called after the reference is updated, so that we can reflect that in our cache
        Parameters:
        oldReference - the comment to remove from the commentRefs map
        comment - the comment to replace in the commentRefs map
        Since:
        POI 5.2.0
        See Also:
        commentUpdated(XSSFComment)

      • commentUpdated

        void commentUpdated​(XSSFComment comment)
        Called after the comment is updated, so that we can reflect that in our cache
        Parameters:
        comment - the comment to replace in the commentRefs map
        Since:
        POI 5.2.0
        See Also:
        referenceUpdated(CellAddress, XSSFComment)