ApacheHyperlinks.java

package featurescomparison.workingwithdata.hyperlink.java;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellStyle;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CreationHelper;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Font;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Hyperlink;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.IndexedColors;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;

public class ApacheHyperlinks
{
	public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception
	{
		String dataPath = "src/featurescomparison/workingwithdata/hyperlink/data/";
		
		Workbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook(); //or new HSSFWorkbook();
	    CreationHelper createHelper = wb.getCreationHelper();

	    //cell style for hyperlinks
	    //by default hyperlinks are blue and underlined
	    CellStyle hlink_style = wb.createCellStyle();
	    Font hlink_font = wb.createFont();
	    hlink_font.setUnderline(Font.U_SINGLE);
	    hlink_font.setColor(IndexedColors.BLUE.getIndex());
	    hlink_style.setFont(hlink_font);

	    Cell cell;
	    Sheet sheet = wb.createSheet("Hyperlinks");
	    //URL
	    cell = sheet.createRow(0).createCell((short)0);
	    cell.setCellValue("URL Link");

	    Hyperlink link = createHelper.createHyperlink(Hyperlink.LINK_URL);
	    link.setAddress("http://poi.apache.org/");
	    cell.setHyperlink(link);
	    cell.setCellStyle(hlink_style);

	    //link to a file in the current directory
	    cell = sheet.createRow(1).createCell((short)0);
	    cell.setCellValue("File Link");
	    link = createHelper.createHyperlink(Hyperlink.LINK_FILE);
	    link.setAddress("link1.xls");
	    cell.setHyperlink(link);
	    cell.setCellStyle(hlink_style);

	    //e-mail link
	    cell = sheet.createRow(2).createCell((short)0);
	    cell.setCellValue("Email Link");
	    link = createHelper.createHyperlink(Hyperlink.LINK_EMAIL);
	    //note, if subject contains white spaces, make sure they are url-encoded
	    link.setAddress("mailto:poi@apache.org?subject=Hyperlinks");
	    cell.setHyperlink(link);
	    cell.setCellStyle(hlink_style);

	    //link to a place in this workbook

	    //create a target sheet and cell
	    Sheet sheet2 = wb.createSheet("Target Sheet");
	    sheet2.createRow(0).createCell((short)0).setCellValue("Target Cell");

	    cell = sheet.createRow(3).createCell((short)0);
	    cell.setCellValue("Worksheet Link");
	    Hyperlink link2 = createHelper.createHyperlink(Hyperlink.LINK_DOCUMENT);
	    link2.setAddress("'Target Sheet'!A1");
	    cell.setHyperlink(link2);
	    cell.setCellStyle(hlink_style);

	    FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(dataPath + "ApacheHyperlinks.xlsx");
	    wb.write(out);
	    out.close();
	    
	    System.out.println("Done..");
	}
}