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## org.springframework.web.servlet.view.document
Class AbstractExcelView

    java.lang.Object
      org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
          org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport
              org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView
                  org.springframework.web.servlet.view.document.AbstractExcelView

All Implemented Interfaces:
  BeanNameAware, ApplicationContextAware, ServletContextAware, View

    public abstract class AbstractExcelView

extends AbstractView

Convenient superclass for Excel document views.

Properties:

- url (optional): The url of an existing Excel document to pick as a starting point. It is done without localization part nor the ".xls" extension.

The file will be searched with locations in the following order:

- [url]_[language]_[country].xls
- [url]_[language].xls
- [url].xls

For working with the workbook in the subclass, see Jakarta's POI site

As an example, you can try this snippet:

     protected void buildExcelDocument(
         Map model, HSSFWorkbook workbook,
         HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {

       // Go to the first sheet.
       // getSheetAt: only if workbook is created from an existing document
             // HSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
             HSSFSheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("Spring");
             sheet.setDefaultColumnWidth(12);

       // Write a text at A1.
       HSSFCell cell = getCell(sheet, 0, 0);
       setText(cell, "Spring POI test");

       // Write the current date at A2.
       HSSFCellStyle dateStyle = workbook.createCellStyle();
       dateStyle.setDataFormat(HSSFDataFormat.getBuiltinFormat("m/d/yy"));
       cell = getCell(sheet, 1, 0);
       cell.setCellValue(new Date());
       cell.setCellStyle(dateStyle);

       // Write a number at A3
       getCell(sheet, 2, 0).setCellValue(458);

       // Write a range of numbers.
       HSSFRow sheetRow = sheet.createRow(3);
       for (short i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
         sheetRow.createCell(i).setCellValue(i * 10);
       }
     }

This class is similar to the AbstractPdfView class in usage style.

Author:
  Jean-Pierre Pawlak, Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
  `AbstractPdfView`

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView
`DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
`logger`

Constructor Summary
`AbstractExcelView()` Default Constructor.

Method Summary
`protected abstract void` `buildExcelDocument(Map model, HSSFWorkbook workbook, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)` Subclasses must implement this method to create an Excel HSSFWorkbook document, given the model.
`protected boolean` `generatesDownloadContent()` Return whether this view generates download content (typically binary content like PDF or Excel files).
`protected HSSFCell` `getCell(HSSFSheet sheet, int row, int col)` Convenient method to obtain the cell in the given sheet, row and column.
`protected HSSFWorkbook` `getTemplateSource(String url, HttpServletRequest request)` Creates the workbook from an existing XLS document.
`protected void` `renderMergedOutputModel(Map model, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)` Renders the Excel view, given the specified model.
`protected void` `setText(HSSFCell cell, String text)` Convenient method to set a String as text content in a cell.
`void` `setUrl(String url)` Set the URL of the Excel workbook source, without localization part nor extension.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView
`addStaticAttribute, createRequestContext, createTemporaryOutputStream, exposeModelAsRequestAttributes, getAttributesMap, getBeanName, getContentType, getRequestContextAttribute, getStaticAttributes, prepareResponse, render, setAttributes, setAttributesCSV, setAttributesMap, setBeanName, setContentType, setRequestContextAttribute, toString, writeToResponse`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport
`getServletContext, getTempDir, getWebApplicationContext, initApplicationContext, initServletContext, isContextRequired, setServletContext`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
`getApplicationContext, getMessageSourceAccessor, initApplicationContext, requiredContextClass, setApplicationContext`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### AbstractExcelView

    public AbstractExcelView()

  Default Constructor. Sets the content type of the view to "application/vnd.ms-excel".

Method Detail

### setUrl

    public void setUrl(String url)

  Set the URL of the Excel workbook source, without localization part nor extension.

### generatesDownloadContent

    protected boolean generatesDownloadContent()

  Description copied from class: `AbstractView`
  Return whether this view generates download content (typically binary content like PDF or Excel files).

  The default implementation returns `false`. Subclasses are encouraged to return `true` here if they know that they are generating download content that requires temporary caching on the client side, typically via the response OutputStream.

  Overrides:
    `generatesDownloadContent` in class `AbstractView`
  See Also:
    `AbstractView.prepareResponse(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse)`, `ServletResponse.getOutputStream()`

### renderMergedOutputModel

    protected final void renderMergedOutputModel(Map model,
                                                 HttpServletRequest request,
                                                 HttpServletResponse response)
                                          throws Exception

  Renders the Excel view, given the specified model.

  Specified by:
    `renderMergedOutputModel` in class `AbstractView`
  Parameters:
    `model` - combined output Map (never `null`), with dynamic values taking precedence over static attributes
    `request` - current HTTP request
    `response` - current HTTP response
  Throws:
    `Exception` - if rendering failed

### getTemplateSource

    protected HSSFWorkbook getTemplateSource(String url,
                                             HttpServletRequest request)
                                      throws Exception

  Creates the workbook from an existing XLS document.

  Parameters:
    `url` - the URL of the Excel template without localization part nor extension
    `request` - current HTTP request
  Returns:
    the HSSFWorkbook
  Throws:
    `Exception` - in case of failure

### buildExcelDocument

    protected abstract void buildExcelDocument(Map model,
                                               HSSFWorkbook workbook,
                                               HttpServletRequest request,
                                               HttpServletResponse response)
                                        throws Exception

  Subclasses must implement this method to create an Excel HSSFWorkbook document, given the model.

  Parameters:
    `model` - the model Map
    `workbook` - the Excel workbook to complete
    `request` - in case we need locale etc. Shouldn't look at attributes.
    `response` - in case we need to set cookies. Shouldn't write to it.
  Throws:
    `Exception`

### getCell

    protected HSSFCell getCell(HSSFSheet sheet,
                               int row,
                               int col)

  Convenient method to obtain the cell in the given sheet, row and column.

  Creates the row and the cell if they still doesn't already exist. Thus, the column can be passed as an int, the method making the needed downcasts.

  Parameters:
    `sheet` - a sheet object. The first sheet is usually obtained by workbook.getSheetAt(0)
    `row` - thr row number
    `col` - the column number
  Returns:
    the HSSFCell

### setText

    protected void setText(HSSFCell cell,
                           String text)

  Convenient method to set a String as text content in a cell.

  Parameters:
    `cell` - the cell in which the text must be put
    `text` - the text to put in the cell

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