Java - Excel (POI)

Terminology

The key terms associated with Jakarta POI are as follows:

• POIFS (Poor Obfuscation Implementation File System): Java APIs for reading and writing OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) 2 compound document formats
• HSSF (Horrible Spreadsheet Format): Java API to read Microsoft Excel
• HDF (Horrible Document Format): Java API to read and write Microsoft Word 97
• HPSF (Horrible Property Set Format): Java API for reading property sets using (only) Java

Documentation / Reference

• http://www.javaworld.com/article/2072333/data-storage/excelling-in-excel-with-java.html
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21320786/colum-gets-hidden-when-inserting-a-file-hyper-link-in-excel-using-apache-poi