/**
* Set the cells type (numeric, formula or string).
- * If the cell currently contains a value, the value will
- * be converted to match the new type, if possible.
+ * <p>If the cell currently contains a value, the value will
+ * be converted to match the new type, if possible. Formatting
+ * is generally lost in the process however.</p>
+ * <p>If what you want to do is get a String value for your
+ * numeric cell, <i>stop!</i>. This is not the way to do it.
+ * Instead, for fetching the string value of a numeric or boolean
+ * or date cell, use {@link DataFormatter} instead.</p>
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified cell type is invalid
* @throws IllegalStateException if the current value cannot be converted to the new type