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PackagePropertiesMarshaller$NamespaceImpl not found using Apache poi with Java Servlet

I've been trying to build my first web application using IntelliJ and Tomcat, and one of the tasks is being able to upload and process an Excel sheet file. So, I looked up online, and found the Apache POI library that can help me parse an Excel file. But when I downloaded all the required jars and copied and pasted some testing code, and start up the server, it shows on the webpage an error with http status 500, the root cause being: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.internal.marshallers.PackagePropertiesMarshaller$NamespaceImpl.
I've encountered the problem with other jars, but all solved by putting the corresponding jars inside tomcat's lib folder, just except for this one.
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Iterator;
public class ExcelParser {
private String pathname;
public ExcelParser(String pathname) {
this.pathname = pathname;
}
public void parse() {
try {
FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("/Users/JohnDoe/Desktop/test.xlsx"));
//Create Workbook instance holding reference to .xlsx file
XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(file);
//Get first/desired sheet from the workbook
XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
//Iterate through each rows one by one
Iterator<Row> rowIterator = sheet.iterator();
while (rowIterator.hasNext()) {
Row row = rowIterator.next();
//For each row, iterate through all the columns
Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();
while (cellIterator.hasNext()) {
Cell cell = cellIterator.next();
//Check the cell type and format accordingly
switch (cell.getCellType()) {
case NUMERIC:
System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue() + "t");
break;
case STRING:
System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue() + "t");
break;
}
}
System.out.println();
}
file.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
I'm just testing the functionality of Excel parsing, so don't really worry about the pathname.
Btw, I can see that this (inner) class is declared in poi-ooxml4-4.1.0.jar, which is also included in my Tomcat lib folder.
Any ideas why this is happening, and how I should fix it is appreciated.

To use Apache POI, you need the following jar files.
poi-ooxml-4.1.0.jar
poi-ooxml-schemas-4.1.0.jar
xmlbeans-3.1.0.jar
commons-compress-1.18.jar
curvesapi-1.06.jar
poi-4.1.0.jar
commons-codec-1.12.jar
commons-collections4-4.3.jar
commons-math3-3.6.1.jar
You can refer to the following link, which I have answered few things.
Unable to read Excel using Apache POI

I think I missed something when moving the jars to the lib directory, as I removed the original files and redo the cp command, everything works now. I'm closing the question with answer, thanks for the help!

How to read xlsx files sequentially

I have a large xlsx file (74 Mbyte). I have found a way to read it in. Here is my source code so far.
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
private static void readXLSX(String path) throws IOException {
File myFile = new File(path);
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(myFile);
// Finds the workbook instance for XLSX file
XSSFWorkbook myWorkBook = new XSSFWorkbook (fis);
// Return first sheet from the XLSX workbook
XSSFSheet mySheet = myWorkBook.getSheetAt(0);
// Get iterator to all the rows in current sheet
Iterator<Row> rowIterator = mySheet.iterator();
// Traversing over each row of XLSX file
while (rowIterator.hasNext()) {
Row row = rowIterator.next();
// For each row, iterate through each columns
Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();
while (cellIterator.hasNext()) {
Cell cell = cellIterator.next();
switch (cell.getCellType()) {
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue() + "\t");
break;
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue() + "\t");
break;
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
System.out.print(cell.getBooleanCellValue() + "\t");
break;
default :
}
}
System.out.println("");
}
}
The problem is that my 8 GByte Ram doesn't seem to be sufficient, even using swapping and extending the JVM memory.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded
Do You have any idea why this code is so inefficient? Or maybe You have an idea how to read this code sequentially and buffer the temporary rows in a less memory consuming way?
Thanks in advance

Using XSSF version of Poi is known to cause memory issues. You can use the streaming alternative, this will ensure you wont run out of memory.
In short, use this alternative
SXSSFWorkbook instead of XSSFWorkbook
API details here

can not convert xlsx to csv using poi api

I am trying to convert xlsx file to csv file using below code
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Iterator;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
public class XLStoCSVConvert {
static void xlsx(File inputFile, File outputFile) {
// For storing data into CSV files
StringBuffer data = new StringBuffer();
try {
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
// Get the workbook object for XLSX file
System.out.println("working......1");
XSSFWorkbook wBook = new XSSFWorkbook(new FileInputStream(inputFile));
// Get first sheet from the workbook
System.out.println("working......2");
XSSFSheet sheet = wBook.getSheetAt(0);
Row row;
Cell cell;
// Iterate through each rows from first sheet
Iterator<Row> rowIterator = sheet.iterator();
while (rowIterator.hasNext()) {
row = rowIterator.next();
// For each row, iterate through each columns
Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();
while (cellIterator.hasNext()) {
cell = cellIterator.next();
switch (cell.getCellType()) {
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
data.append(cell.getBooleanCellValue() + ",");
break;
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
data.append(cell.getNumericCellValue() + ",");
break;
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
data.append(cell.getStringCellValue() + ",");
break;
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK:
data.append("" + ",");
break;
default:
data.append(cell + ",");
}
}
}
fos.write(data.toString().getBytes());
fos.close();
} catch (Exception ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
File inputFile = new File("/home/raptorjd4/Desktop/ToConsult.xlsx");
//writing excel data to csv
File outputFile = new File("/home/raptorjd4/Desktop/RaptorTrackingSystem/ToConsult.csv");
xlsx(inputFile, outputFile);
}
}
But i am getting output,
Working......1
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/poi/UnsupportedFileFormatException
My jar in lib folder,
poi-3.5-FINAL.jar
poi-ooxml-3.11.jar
why i am getting this error when i mapped all needed jar file in lib folder.
Where am i doing mistake?

For me your code worked just fine, below are the dependencies I added:-
The problem is either with the data in your excel or some missing dependency.
Ensure that you do have all the necessary dependencies on your classpath.

Your problem is this part:
poi-3.5-FINAL.jar
poi-ooxml-3.11.jar
As explained in this Apache POI FAQ entry:
Can I mix POI jars from different versions?
No. This is not supported.
All POI jars in use must come from the same version. A combination such as poi-3.11.jar and poi-ooxml-3.9.jar is not supported, and will fail to work in unpredictable ways.
You must ensure that all of your Apache POI jars come from the same version!
Switch your jars to be from the same version, ideally the latest, and you should be good

I solved this problem by adding below jar files,
poi-3.9.jar
poi-ooxml-3.9.jar
poi-ooxml-schemas-3.9-20121203.jar
xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar
dom4j-1.6.1.jar

How to update Excel sheet links using poi

I'm trying to get updated cell values after use setForceFormulaRecal method. But I'm getting still old values. Which is not actual result. If I opened Original file by clicking It will asking update Links dialogue box. If I click "ok" button then Its updating all cell formula result. So I want to update excel sheet links before its open by using poi. Please help in this situation.
//Before Setting values
HSSFCell cel2=row1.getCell(2);
HSSFCell cel4=row1.getCell(5);
cel2.setCellValue(690);
cel4.setCellValue(690);
wb.setForceFormulaRecalculation(true);
wb.write(stream);
//After Evaluatting the work book formulas I'm trying as follow
HSSFWorkbook wb = HSSFReadWrite.readFile("D://workspace//ExcelProject//other.xls");
HSSFSheet sheet=wb.getSheetAt(14);
HSSFRow row11=sheet.getRow(10);
System.out.println("** cell val: "+row11.getCell(3).getNumericCellValue());
I'm Also tried with Formula Evaluator But its showing errors As follow
Could not resolve external workbook name '\Users\asus\Downloads\??? & ???? ?????_091230.xls'. Workbook environment has not been set up.
at org.apache.poi.ss.formula.OperationEvaluationContext.createExternSheetRefEvaluator(OperationEvaluationContext.java:87)
at org.apache.poi.ss.formula.OperationEvaluationContext.getArea3DEval(OperationEvaluationContext.java:273)
at org.apache.poi.ss.formula.WorkbookEvaluator.getEvalForPtg(WorkbookEvaluator.java:660)
at org.apache.poi.ss.formula.WorkbookEvaluator.evaluateFormula(WorkbookEvaluator.java:527)
at org.apache.poi.ss.formula.WorkbookEvaluator.evaluateAny(WorkbookEvaluator.java:288)
at org.apache.poi.ss.formula.WorkbookEvaluator.evaluate(WorkbookEvaluator.java:230)
at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFFormulaEvaluator.evaluateFormulaCellValue(HSSFFormulaEvaluator.java:351)
at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFFormulaEvaluator.evaluateFormulaCell(HSSFFormulaEvaluator.java:213)
at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFFormulaEvaluator.evaluateAllFormulaCells(HSSFFormulaEvaluator.java:324)
at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFFormulaEvaluator.evaluateAll(HSSFFormulaEvaluator.java:343)
at HSSFReadWrite.readSheetData(HSSFReadWrite.java:85)
at HSSFReadWrite.main(HSSFReadWrite.java:346)
Caused by: org.apache.poi.ss.formula.CollaboratingWorkbooksEnvironment$WorkbookNotFoundException: Could not resolve external workbook name '\Users\asus\Downloads\??? & ???? ?????_091230.xls'. Workbook environment has not been set up.
at org.apache.poi.ss.formula.CollaboratingWorkbooksEnvironment.getWorkbookEvaluator(CollaboratingWorkbooksEnvironment.java:161)
at org.apache.poi.ss.formula.WorkbookEvaluator.getOtherWorkbookEvaluator(WorkbookEvaluator.java:181)
at org.apache.poi.ss.formula.OperationEvaluationContext.createExternSheetRefEvaluator(OperationEvaluationContext.java:85)
... 11 more

OK, trying an answer:
First of all: Support for links to external workbooks is not included into the current stable version 3.10. So with this version it is not possible to evaluate such links directly. That's why evaluateAll() will fail for workbooks with links to external workbooks.
With Version 3.11 it will be possible to do so. But also only even if all the workbooks are opened and Evaluators for all the workbooks are present. See: http://poi.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/FormulaEvaluator.html#setupReferencedWorkbooks%28java.util.Map%29
What we can do with the stable version 3.10, is to evaluate all the cells which contains formulas which have not links to external workbooks.
Example:
The workbook "workbook.xlsx" contains a formula with a link to an external workbook in A2:
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.*;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.*;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.*;
import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.exceptions.InvalidFormatException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;
class ExternalReferenceTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
InputStream inp = new FileInputStream("workbook.xlsx");
Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(inp);
Sheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
if (row == null) row = sheet.createRow(0);
Cell cell = row.getCell(0);
if (cell == null) cell = row.createCell(0);
cell.setCellValue(123.45);
cell = row.getCell(1);
if (cell == null) cell = row.createCell(1);
cell.setCellValue(678.90);
cell = row.getCell(2);
if (cell == null) cell = row.createCell(2);
cell.setCellFormula("A1+B1");
FormulaEvaluator evaluator = wb.getCreationHelper().createFormulaEvaluator();
//evaluator.evaluateAll(); //will not work because external workbook for formula in A2 is not accessable
System.out.println(sheet.getRow(1).getCell(0)); //[1]Sheet1!$A$1
//but we surely can evaluate single cells:
cell = wb.getSheetAt(0).getRow(0).getCell(2);
System.out.println(evaluator.evaluate(cell).getNumberValue()); //802.35
FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("workbook.xlsx");
wb.write(fileOut);
fileOut.flush();
fileOut.close();
} catch (InvalidFormatException ifex) {
} catch (FileNotFoundException fnfex) {
} catch (IOException ioex) {
}
}
}

How to run this program which read excel using POI

I've try to run this code in eclipse but I've get this: selection does not contain a main type eclipse.
Does anyone know how I will do it? I am newbie in java and I need help!
The program I try to make is to read excel file using POI! :)
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCell;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
public class sample2 {
private void sample2(test)
FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("C:\\test.xls"));
//Get the workbook instance for XLS file
HSSFWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(test);
//Get first sheet from the workbook
HSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
//Get iterator to all the rows in current sheet
Iterator<Row> rowIterator = sheet.iterator();
//Get iterator to all cells of current row
Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();
try {
FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("C:\\test.xls"));
//Get the workbook instance for XLS file
HSSFWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(file);
//Get first sheet from the workbook
HSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
//Iterate through each rows from first sheet
Iterator<Row> rowIterator = sheet.iterator();
while(rowIterator.hasNext()) {
Row row = rowIterator.next();
//For each row, iterate through each columns
Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();
while(cellIterator.hasNext()) {
Cell cell = cellIterator.next();
switch(cell.getCellType()) {
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
System.out.print(cell.getBooleanCellValue() + "\t\t");
break;
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue() + "\t\t");
break;
case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue() + "\t\t");
break;
}
}
System.out.println("");
}
file.close();
FileOutputStream out =
new FileOutputStream(new File("C:\\test.xls"));
workbook.write(out);
out.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

You cannot run a Java application without a main method.
You need something like the following:
public static void main(String[] args) {
sample2 s = new sample2();
s.sample();
}
Also your code contains a lot of errors. You are:
Missing a main method
Capitalization is wrong
Miss types on the input argument for the sample2 method (String test?)
The code is broken many ways. You duplicated the code to read files twice, for error handling, etc.
Reading a good tutorial on Java would help greatly here. A great tutorial on Java and Excel can be found here, and pay some attention to the main method, that's the entry of your Java application.

Your code will not compile due to the identifier "test" in the sample2 method. Remove it and to run the program :
Just add the following method:
public static void main(String[] args) {
new sample2().sample2();
}