org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel
Interface DataFormat

All Known Implementing Classes:

HSSFDataFormat, XSSFDataFormat

public interface DataFormat

getFormat

short getFormat(java.lang.String format)

get the format index that matches the given format string. Creates a new format if one is not found. Aliases text to the proper format.

Parameters:

format - string matching a built in format

Returns:

index of format.

getFormat

java.lang.String getFormat(short index)

get the format string that matches the given format index

Parameters:

index - of a format

Returns:

string represented at index of format or null if there is not a format at that index