org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel
Class HSSFSheetConditionalFormatting

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheetConditionalFormatting

All Implemented Interfaces:

SheetConditionalFormatting

public final class HSSFSheetConditionalFormatting
extends java.lang.Object
implements SheetConditionalFormatting

The 'Conditional Formatting' facet of HSSFSheet

createConditionalFormattingRule

public HSSFConditionalFormattingRule createConditionalFormattingRule(byte comparisonOperation,
                                                                     java.lang.String formula1,
                                                                     java.lang.String formula2)

A factory method allowing to create a conditional formatting rule with a cell comparison operator

TODO - formulas containing cell references are currently not parsed properly

Specified by:

createConditionalFormattingRule in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Parameters:

comparisonOperation - - a constant value from CFRuleBase.ComparisonOperator:

• BETWEEN
• NOT_BETWEEN
• EQUAL
• NOT_EQUAL
• GT
• LT
• GE
• LE

formula1 - - formula for the valued, compared with the cell

formula2 - - second formula (only used with CFRuleBase.ComparisonOperator.BETWEEN) and CFRuleBase.ComparisonOperator.NOT_BETWEEN operations)

createConditionalFormattingRule

public HSSFConditionalFormattingRule createConditionalFormattingRule(byte comparisonOperation,
                                                                     java.lang.String formula1)

Description copied from interface: SheetConditionalFormatting

Create a conditional formatting rule that compares a cell value to a formula calculated result, using an operator *

The type of the created condition is ConditionType.CELL_VALUE_IS

Specified by:

createConditionalFormattingRule in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Parameters:

comparisonOperation - MUST be a constant value from ComparisonOperator except BETWEEN and NOT_BETWEEN

formula1 - the formula to determine if the conditional formatting is applied

createConditionalFormattingRule

public HSSFConditionalFormattingRule createConditionalFormattingRule(java.lang.String formula)

A factory method allowing to create a conditional formatting rule with a formula.
The formatting rules are applied by Excel when the value of the formula not equal to 0.

TODO - formulas containing cell references are currently not parsed properly

Specified by:

createConditionalFormattingRule in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Parameters:

formula - - formula for the valued, compared with the cell

createConditionalFormattingRule

public HSSFConditionalFormattingRule createConditionalFormattingRule(IconMultiStateFormatting.IconSet iconSet)

A factory method allowing the creation of conditional formatting rules using an Icon Set / Multi-State formatting. The thresholds for it will be created, but will be empty and require configuring with HSSFConditionalFormattingRule.getMultiStateFormatting() then HSSFIconMultiStateFormatting.getThresholds()

Specified by:

createConditionalFormattingRule in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

createConditionalFormattingRule

public HSSFConditionalFormattingRule createConditionalFormattingRule(HSSFExtendedColor color)

Create a Databar conditional formatting rule.

The thresholds and colour for it will be created, but will be empty and require configuring with HSSFConditionalFormattingRule.getDataBarFormatting() then HSSFDataBarFormatting.getMinThreshold() and HSSFDataBarFormatting.getMaxThreshold()

createConditionalFormattingRule

public HSSFConditionalFormattingRule createConditionalFormattingRule(ExtendedColor color)

Description copied from interface: SheetConditionalFormatting

Create a Databar conditional formatting rule.

The thresholds and colour for it will be created, but will be empty and require configuring with ConditionalFormattingRule.getDataBarFormatting() then DataBarFormatting.getMinThreshold() and DataBarFormatting.getMaxThreshold()

Specified by:

createConditionalFormattingRule in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

createConditionalFormattingColorScaleRule

public HSSFConditionalFormattingRule createConditionalFormattingColorScaleRule()

Create a Color Scale / Color Gradient conditional formatting rule.

The thresholds and colours for it will be created, but will be empty and require configuring with HSSFConditionalFormattingRule.getColorScaleFormatting() then HSSFColorScaleFormatting.getThresholds() and HSSFColorScaleFormatting.getColors()

Specified by:

createConditionalFormattingColorScaleRule in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

addConditionalFormatting

public int addConditionalFormatting(HSSFConditionalFormatting cf)

Adds a copy of HSSFConditionalFormatting object to the sheet

This method could be used to copy HSSFConditionalFormatting object from one sheet to another. For example:

 HSSFConditionalFormatting cf = sheet.getConditionalFormattingAt(index);
 newSheet.addConditionalFormatting(cf);
 

Parameters:

cf - HSSFConditionalFormatting object

Returns:

index of the new Conditional Formatting object

addConditionalFormatting

public int addConditionalFormatting(ConditionalFormatting cf)

Description copied from interface: SheetConditionalFormatting

Adds a copy of a ConditionalFormatting object to the sheet

This method could be used to copy ConditionalFormatting object from one sheet to another. For example:

 ConditionalFormatting cf = sheet.getConditionalFormattingAt(index);
 newSheet.addConditionalFormatting(cf);
 

Specified by:

addConditionalFormatting in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Parameters:

cf - the Conditional Formatting to clone

Returns:

index of the new Conditional Formatting object

addConditionalFormatting

public int addConditionalFormatting(Region[] regions,
                                    HSSFConditionalFormattingRule[] cfRules)

Deprecated. use CellRangeAddress instead of Region

addConditionalFormatting

public int addConditionalFormatting(CellRangeAddress[] regions,
                                    HSSFConditionalFormattingRule[] cfRules)

Allows to add a new Conditional Formatting set to the sheet.

Parameters:

regions - - list of rectangular regions to apply conditional formatting rules

cfRules - - set of up to three conditional formatting rules

Returns:

index of the newly created Conditional Formatting object

addConditionalFormatting

public int addConditionalFormatting(CellRangeAddress[] regions,
                                    ConditionalFormattingRule[] cfRules)

Description copied from interface: SheetConditionalFormatting

Add a new Conditional Formatting set to the sheet.

Specified by:

addConditionalFormatting in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Parameters:

regions - - list of rectangular regions to apply conditional formatting rules

cfRules - - set of up to conditional formatting rules (max 3 for Excel pre-2007)

Returns:

index of the newly created Conditional Formatting object

addConditionalFormatting

public int addConditionalFormatting(CellRangeAddress[] regions,
                                    HSSFConditionalFormattingRule rule1)

addConditionalFormatting

public int addConditionalFormatting(CellRangeAddress[] regions,
                                    ConditionalFormattingRule rule1)

Description copied from interface: SheetConditionalFormatting

Add a new Conditional Formatting to the sheet.

Specified by:

addConditionalFormatting in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Parameters:

regions - - list of rectangular regions to apply conditional formatting rules

rule1 - - the rule to apply

Returns:

index of the newly created Conditional Formatting object

addConditionalFormatting

public int addConditionalFormatting(CellRangeAddress[] regions,
                                    HSSFConditionalFormattingRule rule1,
                                    HSSFConditionalFormattingRule rule2)

addConditionalFormatting

public int addConditionalFormatting(CellRangeAddress[] regions,
                                    ConditionalFormattingRule rule1,
                                    ConditionalFormattingRule rule2)

Description copied from interface: SheetConditionalFormatting

Add a new Conditional Formatting consisting of two rules.

Specified by:

addConditionalFormatting in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Parameters:

regions - - list of rectangular regions to apply conditional formatting rules

rule1 - - the first rule

rule2 - - the second rule

Returns:

index of the newly created Conditional Formatting object

getConditionalFormattingAt

public HSSFConditionalFormatting getConditionalFormattingAt(int index)

gets Conditional Formatting object at a particular index

Specified by:

getConditionalFormattingAt in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Parameters:

index - of the Conditional Formatting object to fetch

Returns:

Conditional Formatting object

getNumConditionalFormattings

public int getNumConditionalFormattings()

Specified by:

getNumConditionalFormattings in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Returns:

number of Conditional Formatting objects of the sheet

removeConditionalFormatting

public void removeConditionalFormatting(int index)

removes a Conditional Formatting object by index

Specified by:

removeConditionalFormatting in interface SheetConditionalFormatting

Parameters:

index - of a Conditional Formatting object to remove