implementation to read (and in future to write) property set streams.</p>
-<p align="justify">Once the <a href="how-to.html">HPSF HOWTO</a> is ready, it will
- describe what a Java application should do to read a property set using
- HPSF and retrieve the information it needs. Currently this is explained
- in the javadocs of the <code>org.apache.poi.hpsf</code> package only.</p>
+<p align="justify">The <a href="how-to.html">HPSF HOWTO</a> describes what a Java
+ application should do to read a property set using HPSF and to retrieve the
+ information it needs.</p>
<p align="justify">HPSF supports OLE2 property set streams in general, not only the special
<p align="justify">This document describes the internal structure of a property set stream,
i.e. the <em>Horrible Property Set Format (HDF)</em>. It does not
describe how a Microsoft Office document is organized internally and how
- to retrieve a stream from it. See the <a href="../POIFS/index.html">POIFS documentation</a> for
- that kind of stuff.</p>
+ to retrieve a stream from it. See the <a href="../poifs/index.html">POIFS documentation</a> for that kind of
+ stuff.</p>
<p align="justify">The Horrible Property Set Format is not only used in the Summary
<li>
+<p align="justify">Complete writing the HPSF documentation.</p>
+
+</li>
+
+<li>
+
<p align="justify">Add writing capability for property sets.</p>
</li>
localizations.</p>
</li>
+
+<li>
+
+<p align="justify">Implement reading functionality for those property types that are not
+ yet supported (other than byte arrays).</p>
+
+</li>
</ol>
href="../poifs/index.html">POI filesystem</link>. HPSF is POI's pure-Java
implementation to read (and in future to write) property set streams.</p>
- <p>Once the <link href="how-to.html">HPSF HOWTO</link> is ready, it will
- describe what a Java application should do to read a property set using
- HPSF and retrieve the information it needs. Currently this is explained
- in the javadocs of the <code>org.apache.poi.hpsf</code> package only.</p>
+ <p>The <link href="how-to.html">HPSF HOWTO</link> describes what a Java
+ application should do to read a property set using HPSF and to retrieve the
+ information it needs.</p>
<p>HPSF supports OLE2 property set streams in general, not only the special
case of document properties mentioned above. The <link
<p>This document describes the internal structure of a property set stream,
i.e. the <strong>Horrible Property Set Format (HDF)</strong>. It does not
describe how a Microsoft Office document is organized internally and how
- to retrieve a stream from it. See the <link href="../POIFS/index.html">POIFS documentation</link> for
- that kind of stuff.</p>
+ to retrieve a stream from it. See the <link
+ href="../poifs/index.html">POIFS documentation</link> for that kind of
+ stuff.</p>
<p>The Horrible Property Set Format is not only used in the Summary
Information stream in the top-level document of a Microsoft Office
<p>The following functionalities should be added to HPFS:</p>
<ol>
+ <li>
+ <p>Complete writing the HPSF documentation.</p>
+ </li>
<li>
<p>Add writing capability for property sets.</p>
</li>
<code>org.apache.poi.hpsf.wellknown</code> to ease
localizations.</p>
</li>
+ <li>
+ <p>Implement reading functionality for those property types that are not
+ yet supported (other than byte arrays).</p>
+ </li>
</ol>
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