From: Dominik Stadler <centic@apache.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 21:30:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Bug 55668: Try to avoid NullPointerException when chaning cell type and formula leads... 
X-Git-Tag: REL_3_15_BETA2~451
X-Git-Url: https://source.dussan.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2776cf6a599ebecb5d135e4e05d7fc995b46ad4a;p=poi.git

Bug 55668: Try to avoid NullPointerException when chaning cell type and formula leads to null-string by seting the cell to BLANK instead

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk@1734861 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java
index 407f15b47e..e31f2f5808 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java
@@ -346,11 +346,18 @@ public class HSSFCell implements Cell {
                 }
                 if (setValue) {
                     String str = convertCellValueToString();
-                    int sstIndex = _book.getWorkbook().addSSTString(new UnicodeString(str));
-                    lrec.setSSTIndex(sstIndex);
-                    UnicodeString us = _book.getWorkbook().getSSTString(sstIndex);
-                    _stringValue = new HSSFRichTextString();
-                    _stringValue.setUnicodeString(us);
+                    if(str == null) {
+                        // bug 55668: don't try to store null-string when formula
+                        // results in empty/null value
+                        setCellType(CELL_TYPE_BLANK, false, row, col, styleIndex);
+                        return;
+                    } else {
+                        int sstIndex = _book.getWorkbook().addSSTString(new UnicodeString(str));
+                        lrec.setSSTIndex(sstIndex);
+                        UnicodeString us = _book.getWorkbook().getSSTString(sstIndex);
+                        _stringValue = new HSSFRichTextString();
+                        _stringValue.setUnicodeString(us);
+                    }
                 }
                 _record = lrec;
                 break;
@@ -884,7 +891,7 @@ public class HSSFCell implements Cell {
      * the HSSFWorkbook.</p>
      * 
      * <p>To change the style of a cell without affecting other cells that use the same style,
-     * use {@link org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellUtil#setCellStyleProperties(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell, Map)}</p>
+     * use {@link org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellUtil#setCellStyleProperties(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell, java.util.Map)}</p>
      *
      * @param style  reference contained in the workbook
      * @see org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook#createCellStyle()
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
index 078008a899..7cc9b4ea59 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
@@ -2977,4 +2977,28 @@ public final class TestBugs extends BaseTestBugzillaIssues {
 
         wb.close();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test55668() throws IOException {
+        Workbook wb = HSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleWorkbook("55668.xls");
+
+        Sheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+        Cell cell = row.getCell(0);
+        assertEquals(Cell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA, cell.getCellType());
+        assertEquals("IF(TRUE,\"\",\"\")", cell.getCellFormula());
+        assertEquals("", cell.getStringCellValue());
+        cell.setCellType(Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING);
+
+        assertEquals(Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK, cell.getCellType());
+        try {
+            assertNull(cell.getCellFormula());
+            fail("Should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+            // expected here
+        }
+        assertEquals("", cell.getStringCellValue());
+
+        wb.close();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test-data/spreadsheet/55668.xls b/test-data/spreadsheet/55668.xls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8aa8f50427
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