{"id":7551,"date":"2024-03-14T05:40:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T05:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-of-using-poi-in-maven\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T17:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T17:43:44","slug":"what-is-the-method-of-using-poi-in-maven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-of-using-poi-in-maven\/","title":{"rendered":"Apache POI Maven Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To use Apache POI in Maven, you need to add the following dependency in the pom.xml file of your project.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">dependency<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">groupId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>org.apache.poi<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">groupId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">artifactId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>poi<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">artifactId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">version<\/span>&gt;<\/span>5.2.1<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">version<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">dependency<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">dependency<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">groupId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>org.apache.poi<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">groupId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">artifactId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>poi-ooxml<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">artifactId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">version<\/span>&gt;<\/span>5.2.1<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">version<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">dependency<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then you can utilize the API provided by Apache POI to manipulate Excel files in your project, for example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.*;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.io.FileOutputStream;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.io.IOException;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">ExcelWriter<\/span> {\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(String[] args)<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-type\">Workbook<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">workbook<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">XSSFWorkbook<\/span>()) {\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-type\">Sheet<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">sheet<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> workbook.createSheet(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Sheet1\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-type\">Row<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">row<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> sheet.createRow(<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-type\">Cell<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">cell<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> row.createCell(<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>);\r\n            cell.setCellValue(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Hello, World!\"<\/span>);\r\n\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-type\">FileOutputStream<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">fileOut<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">FileOutputStream<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"workbook.xlsx\"<\/span>)) {\r\n                workbook.write(fileOut);\r\n            }\r\n        } <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">catch<\/span> (IOException e) {\r\n            e.printStackTrace();\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This code demonstrates how to create an Excel file and write content in the first cell. 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