poi/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFCell.java

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package org.apache.poi.xssf.streaming;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.poi.ss.SpreadsheetVersion;
import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.FormulaParseException;
import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.ErrorEval;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellBase;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellStyle;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellType;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Comment;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DateUtil;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FormulaError;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Hyperlink;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.RichTextString;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellReference;
import org.apache.poi.util.*;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFHyperlink;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFRichTextString;

/**
 * Streaming version of XSSFCell implementing the "BigGridDemo" strategy.
 */
public class SXSSFCell extends CellBase {
    private final SXSSFRow _row;
    private Value _value;
    private CellStyle _style;
    private Property _firstProperty;

    public SXSSFCell(SXSSFRow row, CellType cellType)
    {
        _row=row;
        _value = new BlankValue();
        setType(cellType);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected SpreadsheetVersion getSpreadsheetVersion() {
        return SpreadsheetVersion.EXCEL2007;
    }

    /**
     * Returns column index of this cell
     *
     * @return zero-based column index of a column in a sheet.
     */
    @Override
    public int getColumnIndex()
    {
        return _row.getCellIndex(this);
    }

    /**
     * Returns row index of a row in the sheet that contains this cell
     *
     * @return zero-based row index of a row in the sheet that contains this cell
     */
    @Override
    public int getRowIndex()
    {
        return _row.getRowNum();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the sheet this cell belongs to
     *
     * @return the sheet this cell belongs to
     */
    @Override
    public SXSSFSheet getSheet()
    {
        return _row.getSheet();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Row this cell belongs to
     *
     * @return the Row that owns this cell
     */
    @Override
    public Row getRow()
    {
        return _row;
    }

    @Override
    protected void setCellTypeImpl(CellType cellType) {
        ensureType(cellType);
    }

    private boolean isFormulaCell() {
        return _value instanceof FormulaValue;
    }

    /**
     * Return the cell type.
     *
     * @return the cell type
     */
    @Override
    public CellType getCellType() {
        if (isFormulaCell()) {
            return CellType.FORMULA;
        }

        return _value.getType();
    }

    /**
     * Only valid for formula cells
     * @return one of ({@link CellType#NUMERIC}, {@link CellType#STRING},
     *     {@link CellType#BOOLEAN}, {@link CellType#ERROR}) depending
     * on the cached value of the formula
     */
    @Override
    public CellType getCachedFormulaResultType() {
        if (!isFormulaCell()) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Only formula cells have cached results");
        }

        return ((FormulaValue)_value).getFormulaType();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void setCellValueImpl(double value) {
        ensureTypeOrFormulaType(CellType.NUMERIC);
        if(_value.getType() == CellType.FORMULA) {
            ((NumericFormulaValue) _value).setPreEvaluatedValue(value);
        } else {
            ((NumericValue)_value).setValue(value);
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected void setCellValueImpl(Date value) {
        boolean date1904 = getSheet().getWorkbook().isDate1904();
        setCellValue(DateUtil.getExcelDate(value, date1904));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected void setCellValueImpl(LocalDateTime value) {
        boolean date1904 = getSheet().getWorkbook().isDate1904();
        setCellValue(DateUtil.getExcelDate(value, date1904));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected void setCellValueImpl(Calendar value) {
        boolean date1904 = getSheet().getWorkbook().isDate1904();
        setCellValue( DateUtil.getExcelDate(value, date1904 ));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected void setCellValueImpl(RichTextString value) {
        ensureRichTextStringType();

        if(_value instanceof RichTextStringFormulaValue) {
            ((RichTextStringFormulaValue) _value).setPreEvaluatedValue(value);
        } else {
            ((RichTextValue) _value).setValue(value);
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected void setCellValueImpl(String value) {
        ensureTypeOrFormulaType(CellType.STRING);
        if(_value.getType() == CellType.FORMULA) {
            ((StringFormulaValue) _value).setPreEvaluatedValue(value);
        } else {
            ((PlainStringValue) _value).setValue(value);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Sets formula for this cell.
     * <p>
     * Note, this method only sets the formula string and does not calculate the formula value.
     * To set the precalculated value use {@link #setCellValue(double)} or {@link #setCellValue(String)}
     * </p>
     *
     * @param formula the formula to set, e.g. <code>"SUM(C4:E4)"</code>.
     *  If the argument is <code>null</code> then the current formula is removed.
     * @throws FormulaParseException if the formula has incorrect syntax or is otherwise invalid
     */
    @Override
    public void setCellFormulaImpl(String formula) throws FormulaParseException {
        assert formula != null;
        if (getCellType() == CellType.FORMULA) {
            ((FormulaValue)_value).setValue(formula);
        } else {
            switch (getCellType()) {
                case BLANK:
                case NUMERIC:
                    _value = new NumericFormulaValue(formula, getNumericCellValue());
                    break;
                case STRING:
                    if (_value instanceof PlainStringValue) {
                        _value = new StringFormulaValue(formula, getStringCellValue());
                    } else {
                        assert(_value instanceof RichTextValue);
                        _value = new RichTextStringFormulaValue(formula, ((RichTextValue) _value).getValue());
                    }
                    break;
                case BOOLEAN:
                    _value = new BooleanFormulaValue(formula, getBooleanCellValue());
                    break;
                case ERROR:
                    _value = new ErrorFormulaValue(formula, getErrorCellValue());
                    break;
                default:
                    throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot set a formula for a cell of type " + getCellType());
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void removeFormulaImpl() {
        assert getCellType() == CellType.FORMULA;
        switch (getCachedFormulaResultType()) {
            case NUMERIC:
                double numericValue = ((NumericFormulaValue)_value).getPreEvaluatedValue();
                _value = new NumericValue();
                ((NumericValue) _value).setValue(numericValue);
                break;
            case STRING:
                String stringValue = ((StringFormulaValue)_value).getPreEvaluatedValue();
                _value = new PlainStringValue();
                ((PlainStringValue) _value).setValue(stringValue);
                break;
            case BOOLEAN:
                boolean booleanValue = ((BooleanFormulaValue)_value).getPreEvaluatedValue();
                _value = new BooleanValue();
                ((BooleanValue) _value).setValue(booleanValue);
                break;
            case ERROR:
                byte errorValue = ((ErrorFormulaValue)_value).getPreEvaluatedValue();
                _value = new ErrorValue();
                ((ErrorValue) _value).setValue(errorValue);
                break;
            default:
                throw new AssertionError();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Return a formula for the cell, for example, <code>SUM(C4:E4)</code>
     *
     * @return a formula for the cell
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the cell type returned by {@link #getCellType()} is not CellType.FORMULA
     */
    @Override
    public String getCellFormula()
    {
       if(_value.getType()!=CellType.FORMULA)
           throw typeMismatch(CellType.FORMULA,_value.getType(),false);
        return ((FormulaValue)_value).getValue();
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the cell as a number.
     * <p>
     * For strings we throw an exception. For blank cells we return a 0.
     * For formulas or error cells we return the precalculated value;
     * </p>
     * @return the value of the cell as a number
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the cell type returned by {@link #getCellType()} is CellType.STRING
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the cell value isn't a parsable <code>double</code>.
     * @see org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DataFormatter for turning this number into a string similar to that which Excel would render this number as.
     */
    @Override
    public double getNumericCellValue()
    {
        CellType cellType = getCellType();
        switch(cellType)
        {
            case BLANK:
                return 0.0;
            case FORMULA:
            {
                FormulaValue fv=(FormulaValue)_value;
                if(fv.getFormulaType()!=CellType.NUMERIC)
                      throw typeMismatch(CellType.NUMERIC, CellType.FORMULA, false);
                return ((NumericFormulaValue)_value).getPreEvaluatedValue();
            }
            case NUMERIC:
                return ((NumericValue)_value).getValue();
            default:
                throw typeMismatch(CellType.NUMERIC, cellType, false);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the cell as a date.
     * <p>
     * For strings we throw an exception. For blank cells we return a null.
     * </p>
     * @return the value of the cell as a date
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the cell type returned by {@link #getCellType()} is CellType.STRING
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the cell value isn't a parsable <code>double</code>.
     * @see org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DataFormatter for formatting  this date into a string similar to how excel does.
     */
    @Override
    public Date getDateCellValue()
    {
        CellType cellType = getCellType();
        if (cellType == CellType.BLANK)
        {
            return null;
        }

        double value = getNumericCellValue();
        boolean date1904 = getSheet().getWorkbook().isDate1904();
        return DateUtil.getJavaDate(value, date1904);
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the cell as a LocalDateTime.
     * <p>
     * For strings we throw an exception. For blank cells we return a null.
     * </p>
     * @return the value of the cell as a date
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the cell type returned by {@link #getCellType()} is CellType.STRING
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the cell value isn't a parsable <code>double</code>.
     * @see org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DataFormatter for formatting  this date into a string similar to how excel does.
     */
    @Override
    public LocalDateTime getLocalDateTimeCellValue() {
        if (getCellType() == CellType.BLANK) {
            return null;
        }

        double value = getNumericCellValue();
        boolean date1904 = getSheet().getWorkbook().isDate1904();
        return DateUtil.getLocalDateTime(value, date1904);
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the cell as a XSSFRichTextString
     * <p>
     * For numeric cells we throw an exception. For blank cells we return an empty string.
     * For formula cells we return the pre-calculated value if a string, otherwise an exception.
     * </p>
     * @return the value of the cell as a XSSFRichTextString
     */
    @Override
    public RichTextString getRichStringCellValue()
    {
        CellType cellType = getCellType();
        if(getCellType() != CellType.STRING)
            throw typeMismatch(CellType.STRING, cellType, false);

        StringValue sval = (StringValue)_value;
        if(sval.isRichText())
            return ((RichTextValue)_value).getValue();
        else {
            String plainText = getStringCellValue();
            return getSheet().getWorkbook().getCreationHelper().createRichTextString(plainText);
        }
    }


    /**
     * Get the value of the cell as a string
     * <p>
     * For numeric cells we throw an exception. For blank cells we return an empty string.
     * For formulaCells that are not string Formulas, we throw an exception.
     * </p>
     * @return the value of the cell as a string
     */
    @Override
    public String getStringCellValue()
    {
        CellType cellType = getCellType();
        switch(cellType)
        {
            case BLANK:
                return "";
            case FORMULA:
            {
                FormulaValue fv=(FormulaValue)_value;
                if(fv.getFormulaType()!=CellType.STRING)
                      throw typeMismatch(CellType.STRING, CellType.FORMULA, false);
                if(_value instanceof RichTextStringFormulaValue) {
                    return ((RichTextStringFormulaValue) _value).getPreEvaluatedValue().getString();
                } else {
                    return ((StringFormulaValue) _value).getPreEvaluatedValue();
                }
            }
            case STRING:
            {
                if(((StringValue)_value).isRichText())
                    return ((RichTextValue)_value).getValue().getString();
                else
                    return ((PlainStringValue)_value).getValue();
            }
            default:
                throw typeMismatch(CellType.STRING, cellType, false);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Set a boolean value for the cell
     *
     * @param value the boolean value to set this cell to.  For formulas, we'll set the
     *        precalculated value, for booleans we'll set its value. For other types, we
     *        will change the cell to a boolean cell and set its value.
     */
    @Override
    public void setCellValue(boolean value)
    {
        ensureTypeOrFormulaType(CellType.BOOLEAN);
        if(_value.getType()==CellType.FORMULA)
            ((BooleanFormulaValue)_value).setPreEvaluatedValue(value);
        else
            ((BooleanValue)_value).setValue(value);
    }

    /**
     * Set a error value for the cell
     *
     * @param value the error value to set this cell to.  For formulas, we'll set the
     *        precalculated value , for errors we'll set
     *        its value. For other types, we will change the cell to an error
     *        cell and set its value.
     * @see org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FormulaError
     */
    @Override
    public void setCellErrorValue(byte value) {
        // for formulas, we want to keep the type and only have an ERROR as formula value
        if(_value.getType()==CellType.FORMULA) {
            _value = new ErrorFormulaValue(getCellFormula(), value);
        } else {
            _value = new ErrorValue(value);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the cell as a boolean.
     * <p>
     * For strings, numbers, and errors, we throw an exception. For blank cells we return a false.
     * </p>
     * @return the value of the cell as a boolean
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the cell type returned by {@link #getCellType()}
     *   is not CellType.BOOLEAN, CellType.BLANK or CellType.FORMULA
     */
    @Override
    public boolean getBooleanCellValue()
    {
        CellType cellType = getCellType();
        switch(cellType)
        {
            case BLANK:
                return false;
            case FORMULA:
            {
                FormulaValue fv=(FormulaValue)_value;
                if(fv.getFormulaType()!=CellType.BOOLEAN)
                      throw typeMismatch(CellType.BOOLEAN, CellType.FORMULA, false);
                return ((BooleanFormulaValue)_value).getPreEvaluatedValue();
            }
            case BOOLEAN:
            {
                return ((BooleanValue)_value).getValue();
            }
            default:
                throw typeMismatch(CellType.BOOLEAN, cellType, false);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the cell as an error code.
     * <p>
     * For strings, numbers, and booleans, we throw an exception.
     * For blank cells we return a 0.
     * </p>
     *
     * @return the value of the cell as an error code
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the cell type returned by {@link #getCellType()} isn't CellType.ERROR
     * @see org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FormulaError for error codes
     */
    @Override
    public byte getErrorCellValue()
    {
        CellType cellType = getCellType();
        switch(cellType)
        {
            case BLANK:
                return 0;
            case FORMULA:
            {
                FormulaValue fv=(FormulaValue)_value;
                if(fv.getFormulaType()!=CellType.ERROR)
                      throw typeMismatch(CellType.ERROR, CellType.FORMULA, false);
                return ((ErrorFormulaValue)_value).getPreEvaluatedValue();
            }
            case ERROR:
            {
                return ((ErrorValue)_value).getValue();
            }
            default:
                throw typeMismatch(CellType.ERROR, cellType, false);
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>Set the style for the cell.  The style should be an CellStyle created/retrieved from
     * the Workbook.</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(Cell, Map)}</p>
     *
     * @param style  reference contained in the workbook.
     * If the value is null then the style information is removed causing the cell to used the default workbook style.
     * @see org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook#createCellStyle
     */
    @Override
    public void setCellStyle(CellStyle style)
    {
        _style=style;
    }

    /**
     * Return the cell's style.
     *
     * @return the cell's style. Always not-null. Default cell style has zero index and can be obtained as
     * <code>workbook.getCellStyleAt(0)</code>
     * @see org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook#getCellStyleAt(int)
     */
    @Override
    public CellStyle getCellStyle()
    {
        if(_style == null){
            SXSSFWorkbook wb = (SXSSFWorkbook)getRow().getSheet().getWorkbook();
            return wb.getCellStyleAt(0);
        } else {
            return _style;
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void setAsActiveCell()
    {
        getSheet().setActiveCell(getAddress());
    }

    /**
     * Assign a comment to this cell
     *
     * @param comment comment associated with this cell
     */
    @Override
    public void setCellComment(Comment comment)
    {
        setProperty(Property.COMMENT,comment);
    }

    /**
     * Returns comment associated with this cell
     *
     * @return comment associated with this cell or <code>null</code> if not found
     */
    @Override
    public Comment getCellComment()
    {
        return (Comment)getPropertyValue(Property.COMMENT);
    }

    /**
     * Removes the comment for this cell, if there is one.
     */
    @Override
    public void removeCellComment()
    {
        removeProperty(Property.COMMENT);
    }

    /**
     * @return hyperlink associated with this cell or <code>null</code> if not found
     */
    @Override
    public Hyperlink getHyperlink()
    {
        return (Hyperlink)getPropertyValue(Property.HYPERLINK);
    }

    /**
     * Assign a hyperlink to this cell. If the supplied hyperlink is null, the
     * hyperlink for this cell will be removed.
     *
     * @param link hyperlink associated with this cell
     */
    @Override
    public void setHyperlink(Hyperlink link)
    {
        if (link == null) {
            removeHyperlink();
            return;
        }

        setProperty(Property.HYPERLINK,link);

        XSSFHyperlink xssfobj = (XSSFHyperlink)link;
        // Assign to us
        CellReference ref = new CellReference(getRowIndex(), getColumnIndex());
        xssfobj.setCellReference( ref );

        // Add to the lists
        getSheet()._sh.addHyperlink(xssfobj);
    }

    /**
     * Removes the hyperlink for this cell, if there is one.
     */
    @Override
    public void removeHyperlink()
    {
        removeProperty(Property.HYPERLINK);

        getSheet()._sh.removeHyperlink(getRowIndex(), getColumnIndex());
    }

    /**
     * Only valid for array formula cells
     *
     * @return range of the array formula group that the cell belongs to.
     */
// TODO: What is this?
    @NotImplemented
    public CellRangeAddress getArrayFormulaRange()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * @return <code>true</code> if this cell is part of group of cells having a common array formula.
     */
//TODO: What is this?
    @NotImplemented
    public boolean isPartOfArrayFormulaGroup()
    {
        return false;
    }
//end of interface implementation

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of the cell
     * <p>
     * Formula cells return the formula string, rather than the formula result.
     * Dates are displayed in dd-MMM-yyyy format
     * Errors are displayed as #ERR&lt;errIdx&gt;
     * </p>
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        switch (getCellType()) {
            case BLANK:
                return "";
            case BOOLEAN:
                return getBooleanCellValue() ? "TRUE" : "FALSE";
            case ERROR:
                return ErrorEval.getText(getErrorCellValue());
            case FORMULA:
                return getCellFormula();
            case NUMERIC:
                if (DateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(this)) {
                    DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy", LocaleUtil.getUserLocale());
                    sdf.setTimeZone(LocaleUtil.getUserTimeZone());
                    return sdf.format(getDateCellValue());
                }
                return getNumericCellValue() + "";
            case STRING:
                return getRichStringCellValue().toString();
            default:
                return "Unknown Cell Type: " + getCellType();
        }
    }

    /*package*/ void removeProperty(int type)
    {
        Property current=_firstProperty;
        Property previous=null;
        while(current!=null&&current.getType()!=type)
        {
            previous=current;
            current=current._next;
        }
        if(current!=null)
        {
            if(previous!=null)
            {
                previous._next=current._next;
            }
            else
            {
                _firstProperty=current._next;
            }
        }
    }
    /*package*/ void setProperty(int type,Object value)
    {
        Property current=_firstProperty;
        Property previous=null;
        while(current!=null&&current.getType()!=type)
        {
            previous=current;
            current=current._next;
        }
        if(current!=null)
        {
            current.setValue(value);
        }
        else
        {
            switch(type)
            {
                case Property.COMMENT:
                {
                    current=new CommentProperty(value);
                    break;
                }
                case Property.HYPERLINK:
                {
                    current=new HyperlinkProperty(value);
                    break;
                }
                default:
                {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid type: " + type);
                }
            }
            if(previous!=null)
            {
                previous._next=current;
            }
            else
            {
                _firstProperty=current;
            }
        }
    }
    /*package*/ Object getPropertyValue(int type)
    {
        return getPropertyValue(type,null);
    }
    /*package*/ Object getPropertyValue(int type,String defaultValue)
    {
        Property current=_firstProperty;
        while(current!=null&&current.getType()!=type) current=current._next;
        return current==null?defaultValue:current.getValue();
    }
    /*package*/ void ensurePlainStringType()
    {
        if(_value.getType()!=CellType.STRING
           ||((StringValue)_value).isRichText())
            _value = new PlainStringValue();
    }
    /*package*/ void ensureRichTextStringType()
    {
        // don't change cell type for formulas
        if(_value.getType() == CellType.FORMULA) {
            String formula = ((FormulaValue)_value).getValue();
            _value = new RichTextStringFormulaValue(formula, new XSSFRichTextString(""));
        } else if(_value.getType()!=CellType.STRING ||
                !((StringValue)_value).isRichText()) {
            _value = new RichTextValue();
        }
    }
    /*package*/ void ensureType(CellType type)
    {
        if(_value.getType()!=type)
            setType(type);
    }

    /*
     * Sets the cell type to type if it is different
     */
    /*package*/ void ensureTypeOrFormulaType(CellType type)
    {
        if(_value.getType()==type)
        {
            if(type==CellType.STRING&&((StringValue)_value).isRichText())
                setType(CellType.STRING);
            return;
        }
        if(_value.getType()==CellType.FORMULA)
        {
            if(((FormulaValue)_value).getFormulaType()==type)
                return;
            switch (type) {
                case BOOLEAN:
                    _value = new BooleanFormulaValue(getCellFormula(), false);
                    break;
                case NUMERIC:
                    _value = new NumericFormulaValue(getCellFormula(), 0);
                    break;
                case STRING:
                    _value = new StringFormulaValue(getCellFormula(), "");
                    break;
                case ERROR:
                    _value = new ErrorFormulaValue(getCellFormula(), FormulaError._NO_ERROR.getCode());
                    break;
                default:
                    throw new AssertionError();
            }
            return;
        }
        setType(type);
    }
    /**
     * changes the cell type to the specified type, and resets the value to the default value for that type
     * If cell type is the same as specified type, this will reset the value to the default value for that type
     *
     * @param type the cell type to set
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if type is not a recognized type
     */
    /*package*/ void setType(CellType type)
    {
        switch(type)
        {
            case NUMERIC:
            {
                _value = new NumericValue();
                break;
            }
            case STRING:
            {
                PlainStringValue sval = new PlainStringValue();
                if(_value != null){
                    // if a cell is not blank then convert the old value to string
                    String str = convertCellValueToString();
                    sval.setValue(str);
                }
                _value = sval;
                break;
            }
            case FORMULA:
            {
                if (getCellType() == CellType.BLANK) {
                    _value = new NumericFormulaValue("", 0);
                }
                break;
            }
            case BLANK:
            {
                _value = new BlankValue();
                break;
            }
            case BOOLEAN:
            {
                BooleanValue bval = new BooleanValue();
                if(_value != null){
                    // if a cell is not blank then convert the old value to string
                    boolean val = convertCellValueToBoolean();
                    bval.setValue(val);
                }
                _value = bval;
                break;
            }
            case ERROR:
            {
                _value = new ErrorValue();
                break;
            }
            default:
            {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal type " + type);
            }
        }
    }

//COPIED FROM https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFCell.java since the functions are declared private there
    /**
     * Used to help format error messages
     */
    private static IllegalStateException typeMismatch(CellType expectedTypeCode, CellType actualTypeCode, boolean isFormulaCell) {
        String msg = "Cannot get a " + expectedTypeCode + " value from a " + actualTypeCode
                + " " + (isFormulaCell ? "formula " : "") + "cell";
        return new IllegalStateException(msg);
    }

    private boolean convertCellValueToBoolean() {
        CellType cellType = getCellType();

        if (cellType == CellType.FORMULA) {
            cellType = getCachedFormulaResultType();
        }

        switch (cellType) {
            case BOOLEAN:
                return getBooleanCellValue();
            case STRING:

                String text = getStringCellValue();
                return Boolean.parseBoolean(text);
            case NUMERIC:
                return getNumericCellValue() != 0;
            case ERROR:
            case BLANK:
                return false;
            default:
                throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected cell type (" + cellType + ")");
        }

    }
    private String convertCellValueToString() {
        CellType cellType = getCellType();
        return convertCellValueToString(cellType);
    }
    private String convertCellValueToString(CellType cellType) {
        switch (cellType) {
            case BLANK:
                return "";
            case BOOLEAN:
                return getBooleanCellValue() ? "TRUE" : "FALSE";
            case STRING:
                return getStringCellValue();
            case NUMERIC:
                return Double.toString( getNumericCellValue() );
            case ERROR:
                byte errVal = getErrorCellValue();
                return FormulaError.forInt(errVal).getString();
            case FORMULA:
                if (_value != null) {
                    FormulaValue fv = (FormulaValue)_value;
                    if (fv.getFormulaType() != CellType.FORMULA) {
                        return convertCellValueToString(fv.getFormulaType());
                    }
                }
                return "";
            default:
                throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected cell type (" + cellType + ")");
        }
    }

//END OF COPIED CODE

    static abstract class Property
    {
        static final int COMMENT=1;
        static final int HYPERLINK=2;
        Object _value;
        Property _next;
        public Property(Object value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }
        abstract int getType();
        void setValue(Object value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }
        Object getValue()
        {
            return _value;
        }
    }
    static class CommentProperty extends Property
    {
        public CommentProperty(Object value)
        {
            super(value);
        }
        @Override
        public int getType()
        {
            return COMMENT;
        }
    }
    static class HyperlinkProperty extends Property
    {
        public HyperlinkProperty(Object value)
        {
            super(value);
        }
        @Override
        public int getType()
        {
            return HYPERLINK;
        }
    }
    interface Value
    {
        CellType getType();
    }
    static class NumericValue implements Value {
        double _value;

        public NumericValue() {
            _value = 0;
        }

        public NumericValue(double _value) {
            this._value = _value;
        }

        public CellType getType()
        {
            return CellType.NUMERIC;
        }
        void setValue(double value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }
        double getValue()
        {
            return _value;
        }
    }
    static abstract class StringValue implements Value
    {
        public CellType getType()
        {
            return CellType.STRING;
        }
//We cannot introduce a new type CellType.RICH_TEXT because the types are public so we have to make rich text as a type of string
        abstract boolean isRichText(); // using the POI style which seems to avoid "instanceof".
    }
    static class PlainStringValue extends StringValue
    {
        String _value;
        void setValue(String value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }
        String getValue()
        {
            return _value;
        }
        @Override
        boolean isRichText()
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
    static class RichTextValue extends StringValue
    {
        RichTextString _value;
        @Override
        public CellType getType()
        {
            return CellType.STRING;
        }
        void setValue(RichTextString value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }
        RichTextString getValue()
        {
            return _value;
        }
        @Override
        boolean isRichText()
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    static abstract class FormulaValue implements Value
    {
        String _value;

        public FormulaValue(String _value) {
            this._value = _value;
        }

        public CellType getType()
        {
            return CellType.FORMULA;
        }
        void setValue(String value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }
        String getValue()
        {
            return _value;
        }
        abstract CellType getFormulaType();
    }
    static class NumericFormulaValue extends FormulaValue {
        double _preEvaluatedValue;

        public NumericFormulaValue(String formula, double _preEvaluatedValue) {
            super(formula);
            this._preEvaluatedValue = _preEvaluatedValue;
        }

        @Override
        CellType getFormulaType()
        {
            return CellType.NUMERIC;
        }
        void setPreEvaluatedValue(double value)
        {
            _preEvaluatedValue=value;
        }
        double getPreEvaluatedValue()
        {
            return _preEvaluatedValue;
        }
    }
    static class StringFormulaValue extends FormulaValue {
        String _preEvaluatedValue;

        public StringFormulaValue(String formula, String value) {
            super(formula);
            _preEvaluatedValue = value;
        }

        @Override
        CellType getFormulaType()
        {
            return CellType.STRING;
        }
        void setPreEvaluatedValue(String value)
        {
            _preEvaluatedValue=value;
        }
        String getPreEvaluatedValue()
        {
            return _preEvaluatedValue;
        }
    }

    static class RichTextStringFormulaValue extends FormulaValue {
        RichTextString _preEvaluatedValue;

        public RichTextStringFormulaValue(String formula, RichTextString value) {
            super(formula);
            _preEvaluatedValue = value;
        }

        @Override
        CellType getFormulaType()
        {
            return CellType.STRING;
        }
        void setPreEvaluatedValue(RichTextString value)
        {
            _preEvaluatedValue=value;
        }
        RichTextString getPreEvaluatedValue()
        {
            return _preEvaluatedValue;
        }
    }

    static class BooleanFormulaValue extends FormulaValue {
        boolean _preEvaluatedValue;

        public BooleanFormulaValue(String formula, boolean value) {
            super(formula);
            _preEvaluatedValue = value;
        }

        @Override
        CellType getFormulaType()
        {
            return CellType.BOOLEAN;
        }
        void setPreEvaluatedValue(boolean value)
        {
            _preEvaluatedValue=value;
        }
        boolean getPreEvaluatedValue()
        {
            return _preEvaluatedValue;
        }
    }

    static class ErrorFormulaValue extends FormulaValue {
        byte _preEvaluatedValue;

        public ErrorFormulaValue(String formula, byte value) {
            super(formula);
            _preEvaluatedValue = value;
        }

        @Override
        CellType getFormulaType()
        {
            return CellType.ERROR;
        }
        void setPreEvaluatedValue(byte value)
        {
            _preEvaluatedValue=value;
        }
        byte getPreEvaluatedValue()
        {
            return _preEvaluatedValue;
        }
    }

    static class BlankValue implements Value {
        public CellType getType()
        {
            return CellType.BLANK;
        }
    }

    static class BooleanValue implements Value {
        boolean _value;

        public BooleanValue() {
            _value = false;
        }

        public BooleanValue(boolean _value) {
            this._value = _value;
        }

        public CellType getType()
        {
            return CellType.BOOLEAN;
        }
        void setValue(boolean value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }
        boolean getValue()
        {
            return _value;
        }
    }
    static class ErrorValue implements Value
    {
        byte _value;

        public ErrorValue() {
            _value = FormulaError._NO_ERROR.getCode();
        }

        public ErrorValue(byte _value) {
            this._value = _value;
        }

        public CellType getType()
        {
            return CellType.ERROR;
        }
        void setValue(byte value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }
        byte getValue()
        {
            return _value;
        }
    }
}