org.apache.poi.hssf.record
Class MulBlankRecord

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.poi.hssf.record.Record
      org.apache.poi.hssf.record.MulBlankRecord

public class MulBlankRecord
extends Record

Title: Mulitple Blank cell record

Description: Represents a set of columns in a row with no value but with styling. In this release we have read-only support for this record type. The RecordFactory converts this to a set of BlankRecord objects.

REFERENCE: PG 329 Microsoft Excel 97 Developer's Kit (ISBN: 1-57231-498-2)

Version:

2.0-pre

Author:

Andrew C. Oliver (acoliver at apache dot org), Glen Stampoultzis (glens at apache.org)

See Also:

BlankRecord

Field Summary

static short

sid

Constructor Summary

MulBlankRecord()
Creates new MulBlankRecord

MulBlankRecord(RecordInputStream in)
Constructs a MulBlank record and sets its fields appropriately.

Method Summary

protected void	fillFields(RecordInputStream in) called by the constructor, should set class level fields.
short	getFirstColumn() starting column (first cell this holds in the row)
short	getLastColumn() ending column (last cell this holds in the row)
int	getNumColumns() get the number of columns this contains (last-first +1)
int	getRow() get the row number of the cells this represents
short	getSid() return the non static version of the id for this record.
short	getXFAt(int coffset) returns the xf index for column (coffset = column - field_2_first_col)
int	serialize(int offset, byte[] data) called by the class that is responsible for writing this sucker.
java.lang.String	toString() get a string representation of the record (for biffview/debugging)
protected void	validateSid(short id) called by constructor, should throw runtime exception in the event of a record passed with a differing ID.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.poi.hssf.record.Record

clone, cloneViaReserialise, getRecordSize, isInValueSection, isValue, serialize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

sid

public static final short sid

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MulBlankRecord

public MulBlankRecord()

Creates new MulBlankRecord

MulBlankRecord

public MulBlankRecord(RecordInputStream in)

Constructs a MulBlank record and sets its fields appropriately.

Parameters:

in - the RecordInputstream to read the record from

Method Detail

getRow

public int getRow()

get the row number of the cells this represents

Returns:

row number

getFirstColumn

public short getFirstColumn()

starting column (first cell this holds in the row)

Returns:

first column number

getLastColumn

public short getLastColumn()

ending column (last cell this holds in the row)

Returns:

first column number

getNumColumns

public int getNumColumns()

get the number of columns this contains (last-first +1)

Returns:

number of columns (last - first +1)

getXFAt

public short getXFAt(int coffset)

returns the xf index for column (coffset = column - field_2_first_col)

Parameters:

coffset - the column (coffset = column - field_2_first_col)

Returns:

the XF index for the column

fillFields

protected void fillFields(RecordInputStream in)

Description copied from class: Record

called by the constructor, should set class level fields. Should throw runtime exception for bad/icomplete data.

Specified by:

fillFields in class Record

Parameters:

in - the RecordInputstream to read the record from

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Description copied from class: Record

get a string representation of the record (for biffview/debugging)

Overrides:

toString in class Record

validateSid

protected void validateSid(short id)

called by constructor, should throw runtime exception in the event of a record passed with a differing ID.

Specified by:

validateSid in class Record

Parameters:

id - alleged id for this record

getSid

public short getSid()

Description copied from class: Record

return the non static version of the id for this record.

Specified by:

getSid in class Record

serialize

public int serialize(int offset,
                     byte[] data)

Description copied from class: Record

called by the class that is responsible for writing this sucker. Subclasses should implement this so that their data is passed back in a byte array.

Specified by:

serialize in class Record

Parameters:

offset - to begin writing at

data - byte array containing instance data

Returns:

number of bytes written