poi/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFRow.java

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package org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel;

import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeMap;

import org.apache.poi.ss.SpreadsheetVersion;
import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.FormulaShifter;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellCopyContext;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellCopyPolicy;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellStyle;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellType;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FormulaError;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.helpers.RowShifter;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellUtil;
import org.apache.poi.util.Beta;
import org.apache.poi.util.Internal;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.model.StylesTable;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.helpers.XSSFRowShifter;
import org.openxmlformats.schemas.spreadsheetml.x2006.main.CTCell;
import org.openxmlformats.schemas.spreadsheetml.x2006.main.CTRow;

/**
 * High level representation of a row of a spreadsheet.
 */
public class XSSFRow implements Row, Comparable<XSSFRow> {
    /**
     * the xml bean containing all cell definitions for this row
     */
    private final CTRow _row;

    /**
     * Cells of this row keyed by their column indexes.
     * The TreeMap ensures that the cells are ordered by columnIndex in the ascending order.
     */
    private final TreeMap<Integer, XSSFCell> _cells;

    /**
     * the parent sheet
     */
    private final XSSFSheet _sheet;

    /**
     * Construct a XSSFRow.
     *
     * @param row the xml bean containing all cell definitions for this row.
     * @param sheet the parent sheet.
     */
    protected XSSFRow(CTRow row, XSSFSheet sheet) {
        _row = row;
        _sheet = sheet;
        _cells = new TreeMap<>();
        for (CTCell c : row.getCArray()) {
            XSSFCell cell = new XSSFCell(this, c);
            // Performance optimization for bug 57840: explicit boxing is slightly faster than auto-unboxing, though may use more memory
            final Integer colI = Integer.valueOf(cell.getColumnIndex()); // NOSONAR
            _cells.put(colI, cell);
            sheet.onReadCell(cell);
        }

        if (! row.isSetR()) {
            // Certain file format writers skip the row number
            // Assume no gaps, and give this the next row number
            int nextRowNum = sheet.getLastRowNum()+2;
            if (nextRowNum == 2 && sheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows() == 0) {
                nextRowNum = 1;
            }
            row.setR(nextRowNum);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the XSSFSheet this row belongs to
     *
     * @return the XSSFSheet that owns this row
     */
    @Override
    public XSSFSheet getSheet() {
        return this._sheet;
    }

    /**
     * Cell iterator over the physically defined cells:
     * <pre>{@code
     * for (Iterator<Cell> it = row.cellIterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
     *     Cell cell = it.next();
     *     ...
     * }
     * }</pre>
     *
     * @return an iterator over cells in this row.
     */
    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public Iterator<Cell> cellIterator() {
        return (Iterator<Cell>)(Iterator<? extends Cell>)_cells.values().iterator();
    }

    /**
     * Alias for {@link #cellIterator()} to allow  foreach loops:
     * <blockquote><pre>
     * for(Cell cell : row){
     *     ...
     * }
     * </pre></blockquote>
     *
     * @return an iterator over cells in this row.
     */
    @Override
    public Iterator<Cell> iterator() {
        return cellIterator();
    }

    /**
     * Compares two {@code XSSFRow} objects.  Two rows are equal if they belong to the same worksheet and
     * their row indexes are equal.
     *
     * @param   other   the {@code XSSFRow} to be compared.
     * @return  <ul>
     *      <li>
     *      the value {@code 0} if the row number of this {@code XSSFRow} is
     *      equal to the row number of the argument {@code XSSFRow}
     *      </li>
     *      <li>
     *      a value less than {@code 0} if the row number of this this {@code XSSFRow} is
     *      numerically less than the row number of the argument {@code XSSFRow}
     *      </li>
     *      <li>
     *      a value greater than {@code 0} if the row number of this this {@code XSSFRow} is
     *      numerically greater than the row number of the argument {@code XSSFRow}
     *      </li>
     *      </ul>
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the argument row belongs to a different worksheet
     */
    @Override
    public int compareTo(XSSFRow other) {
        if (this.getSheet() != other.getSheet()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The compared rows must belong to the same sheet");
        }

        int thisRow = this.getRowNum();
        int otherRow = other.getRowNum();
        return Integer.compare(thisRow, otherRow);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj)
    {
        if (!(obj instanceof XSSFRow))
        {
            return false;
        }
        XSSFRow other = (XSSFRow) obj;

        return (this.getRowNum() == other.getRowNum()) &&
                (this.getSheet() == other.getSheet());
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return _row.hashCode();
    }

    /**
     * Use this to create new cells within the row and return it.
     * <p>
     * The cell that is returned is a {@link CellType#BLANK}. The type can be changed
     * either through calling {@code setCellValue} or {@code setCellType}.
     * </p>
     * @param columnIndex - the column number this cell represents
     * @return Cell a high level representation of the created cell.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if columnIndex &lt; 0 or greater than 16384,
     *   the maximum number of columns supported by the SpreadsheetML format (.xlsx)
     */
    @Override
    public XSSFCell createCell(int columnIndex) {
        return createCell(columnIndex, CellType.BLANK);
    }

    /**
     * Use this to create new cells within the row and return it.
     *
     * @param columnIndex - the column number this cell represents
     * @param type - the cell's data type
     * @return XSSFCell a high level representation of the created cell.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified cell type is invalid, columnIndex &lt; 0
     *   or greater than 16384, the maximum number of columns supported by the SpreadsheetML format (.xlsx)
     */
    @Override
    public XSSFCell createCell(int columnIndex, CellType type) {
        // Performance optimization for bug 57840: explicit boxing is slightly faster than auto-unboxing, though may use more memory
        final Integer colI = Integer.valueOf(columnIndex); // NOSONAR
        CTCell ctCell;
        XSSFCell prev = _cells.get(colI);
        if(prev != null){
            ctCell = prev.getCTCell();
            ctCell.set(CTCell.Factory.newInstance());
        } else {
            ctCell = _row.addNewC();
        }
        XSSFCell xcell = new XSSFCell(this, ctCell);
        try {
            xcell.setCellNum(columnIndex);
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            // we need to undo adding the CTCell in _row if something fails here, e.g.
            // cell-limits are exceeded
            _row.removeC(_row.getCList().size()-1);

            throw e;
        }
        if (type != CellType.BLANK && type != CellType.FORMULA) {
            setDefaultValue(xcell, type);
        }

        _cells.put(colI, xcell);
        return xcell;
    }

    private static void setDefaultValue(XSSFCell cell, CellType type) {
        switch (type) {
            case NUMERIC:
                cell.setCellValue(0);
                break;
            case STRING:
                cell.setCellValue("");
                break;
            case BOOLEAN:
                cell.setCellValue(false);
                break;
            case ERROR:
                cell.setCellErrorValue(FormulaError._NO_ERROR);
                break;
            default:
                throw new AssertionError("Unknown cell-type specified: " + type);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the cell at the given (0 based) index,
     *  with the {@link org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row.MissingCellPolicy} from the parent Workbook.
     *
     * @return the cell at the given (0 based) index
     */
    @Override
    public XSSFCell getCell(int cellnum) {
        return getCell(cellnum, _sheet.getWorkbook().getMissingCellPolicy());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the cell at the given (0 based) index, with the specified {@link org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row.MissingCellPolicy}
     *
     * @return the cell at the given (0 based) index
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if cellnum &lt; 0 or the specified MissingCellPolicy is invalid
     */
    @Override
    public XSSFCell getCell(int cellnum, MissingCellPolicy policy) {
        if(cellnum < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cell index must be >= 0");
        }

        // Performance optimization for bug 57840: explicit boxing is slightly faster than auto-unboxing, though may use more memory
        final Integer colI = Integer.valueOf(cellnum); // NOSONAR
        XSSFCell cell = _cells.get(colI);
        switch (policy) {
            case RETURN_NULL_AND_BLANK:
                return cell;
            case RETURN_BLANK_AS_NULL:
                boolean isBlank = (cell != null && cell.getCellType() == CellType.BLANK);
                return (isBlank) ? null : cell;
            case CREATE_NULL_AS_BLANK:
                return (cell == null) ? createCell(cellnum, CellType.BLANK) : cell;
            default:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal policy " + policy);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the 0-based number of the first cell contained in this row.
     *
     * @return short representing the first logical cell in the row,
     *  or -1 if the row does not contain any cells.
     */
    @Override
    public short getFirstCellNum() {
        return (short)(_cells.size() == 0 ? -1 : _cells.firstKey());
    }

    /**
     * Gets the index of the last cell contained in this row <b>PLUS ONE</b>. The result also
     * happens to be the 1-based column number of the last cell.  This value can be used as a
     * standard upper bound when iterating over cells:
     * <pre>
     * short minColIx = row.getFirstCellNum();
     * short maxColIx = row.getLastCellNum();
     * for(short colIx=minColIx; colIx&lt;maxColIx; colIx++) {
     *   XSSFCell cell = row.getCell(colIx);
     *   if(cell == null) {
     *     continue;
     *   }
     *   //... do something with cell
     * }
     * </pre>
     *
     * @return short representing the last logical cell in the row <b>PLUS ONE</b>,
     *   or -1 if the row does not contain any cells.
     */
    @Override
    public short getLastCellNum() {
        return (short)(_cells.size() == 0 ? -1 : (_cells.lastKey() + 1));
    }

    /**
     * Get the row's height measured in twips (1/20th of a point). If the height is not set, the default worksheet value is returned,
     * See {@link org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet#getDefaultRowHeightInPoints()}
     *
     * @return row height measured in twips (1/20th of a point)
     */
    @Override
    public short getHeight() {
        return (short)(getHeightInPoints()*20);
    }

    /**
     * Returns row height measured in point size. If the height is not set, the default worksheet value is returned,
     * See {@link org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet#getDefaultRowHeightInPoints()}
     *
     * @return row height measured in point size
     * @see org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet#getDefaultRowHeightInPoints()
     */
    @Override
    public float getHeightInPoints() {
        if (this._row.isSetHt()) {
            return (float) this._row.getHt();
        }
        return _sheet.getDefaultRowHeightInPoints();
    }

    /**
     *  Set the height in "twips" or  1/20th of a point.
     *
     * @param height the height in "twips" or  1/20th of a point. {@code -1}  resets to the default height
     */
    @Override
    public void setHeight(short height) {
        if (height == -1) {
            if (_row.isSetHt()) {
                _row.unsetHt();
            }
            if (_row.isSetCustomHeight()) {
                _row.unsetCustomHeight();
            }
        } else {
            _row.setHt((double) height / 20);
            _row.setCustomHeight(true);

        }
    }

    /**
     * Set the row's height in points.
     *
     * @param height the height in points. {@code -1}  resets to the default height
     */
    @Override
    public void setHeightInPoints(float height) {
        setHeight((short)(height == -1 ? -1 : (height*20)));
    }

    /**
     * Gets the number of defined cells (NOT number of cells in the actual row!).
     * That is to say if only columns 0,4,5 have values then there would be 3.
     *
     * @return int representing the number of defined cells in the row.
     */
    @Override
    public int getPhysicalNumberOfCells() {
        return _cells.size();
    }

    /**
     * Get row number this row represents
     *
     * @return the row number (0 based)
     */
    @Override
    public int getRowNum() {
        return Math.toIntExact(_row.getR() - 1);
    }

    /**
     * Set the row number of this row.
     *
     * @param rowIndex  the row number (0-based)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if rowNum &lt; 0 or greater than 1048575
     */
    @Override
    public void setRowNum(int rowIndex) {
        int maxrow = SpreadsheetVersion.EXCEL2007.getLastRowIndex();
        if (rowIndex < 0 || rowIndex > maxrow) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid row number (" + rowIndex
                    + ") outside allowable range (0.." + maxrow + ")");
        }
        _row.setR(rowIndex + 1L);
    }

    /**
     * Get whether or not to display this row with 0 height
     *
     * @return - height is zero or not.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean getZeroHeight() {
        return this._row.getHidden();
    }

    /**
     * Set whether or not to display this row with 0 height
     *
     * @param height  height is zero or not.
     */
    @Override
    public void setZeroHeight(boolean height) {
        this._row.setHidden(height);

    }

    /**
     * Is this row formatted? Most aren't, but some rows
     *  do have whole-row styles. For those that do, you
     *  can get the formatting from {@link #getRowStyle()}
     */
    @Override
    public boolean isFormatted() {
        return _row.isSetS();
    }
    /**
     * Returns the whole-row cell style. Most rows won't
     *  have one of these, so will return null. Call
     *  {@link #isFormatted()} to check first.
     */
    @Override
    public XSSFCellStyle getRowStyle() {
        if(!isFormatted()) {
            return null;
        }

        StylesTable stylesSource = getSheet().getWorkbook().getStylesSource();
        if(stylesSource.getNumCellStyles() > 0) {
            return stylesSource.getStyleAt(Math.toIntExact(_row.getS()));
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Applies a whole-row cell styling to the row.
     * If the value is null then the style information is removed,
     *  causing the cell to used the default workbook style.
     */
    @Override
    public void setRowStyle(CellStyle style) {
        if(style == null) {
            if(_row.isSetS()) {
                _row.unsetS();
                _row.unsetCustomFormat();
            }
        } else {
            StylesTable styleSource = getSheet().getWorkbook().getStylesSource();

            XSSFCellStyle xStyle = (XSSFCellStyle)style;
            xStyle.verifyBelongsToStylesSource(styleSource);

            long idx = styleSource.putStyle(xStyle);
            _row.setS(idx);
            _row.setCustomFormat(true);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Remove the Cell from this row.
     *
     * @param cell the cell to remove
     */
    @Override
    public void removeCell(Cell cell) {
        if (cell.getRow() != this) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Specified cell does not belong to this row");
        }
        //noinspection SuspiciousMethodCalls
        if(!_cells.containsValue(cell)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("the row does not contain this cell");
        }

        XSSFCell xcell = (XSSFCell)cell;
        if(xcell.isPartOfArrayFormulaGroup()) {
            xcell.setCellFormula(null); // to remove the array formula
        }
        if(cell.getCellType() == CellType.FORMULA) {
            _sheet.getWorkbook().onDeleteFormula(xcell);
        }
        // Performance optimization for bug 57840: explicit boxing is slightly faster than auto-unboxing, though may use more memory
        final Integer colI = Integer.valueOf(cell.getColumnIndex()); // NOSONAR
        XSSFCell removed = _cells.remove(colI);

        // also remove the corresponding CTCell from the _row.cArray,
        // it may not be at the same position right now
        // thus search for it
        int i = 0;
        for (CTCell ctCell : _row.getCArray()) {
            if(ctCell == removed.getCTCell()) {
                _row.removeC(i);
            }
            i++;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the underlying CTRow xml bean containing all cell definitions in this row
     *
     * @return the underlying CTRow xml bean
     */
    @Internal
    public CTRow getCTRow(){
        return _row;
    }

    /**
     * Fired when the document is written to an output stream.
     *
     * @see org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet#write(java.io.OutputStream) ()
     */
    protected void onDocumentWrite() {
        // _row.cArray and _cells.getCTCell might be out of sync after adding/removing cells,
        // thus we need to re-order it here to make the resulting file correct

        // do a quick check if there is work to do to not incur the overhead if not necessary anyway
        CTCell[] cArrayOrig = _row.getCArray();
        if(cArrayOrig.length == _cells.size()) {
            boolean allEqual = true;
            Iterator<XSSFCell> it = _cells.values().iterator();
            for (CTCell ctCell : cArrayOrig) {
                XSSFCell cell = it.next();

                // we want to compare on identity here on purpose
                // as we want to ensure that both lists contain the
                // same documents, not copies!
                if (ctCell != cell.getCTCell()) {
                    allEqual = false;
                    break;
                }
            }

            // we did not find any difference, so we can skip the work
            if(allEqual) {
                return;
            }
        }

        fixupCTCells(cArrayOrig);
    }

    private void fixupCTCells(CTCell[] cArrayOrig) {
        // copy all values to 2nd array and a map for lookup of index
        CTCell[] cArrayCopy = new CTCell[cArrayOrig.length];
        IdentityHashMap<CTCell, Integer> map = new IdentityHashMap<>(_cells.size());
        int i = 0;
        for (CTCell ctCell : cArrayOrig) {
            cArrayCopy[i] = (CTCell) ctCell.copy();
            map.put(ctCell, i);
            i++;
        }

        // populate _row.cArray correctly
        i = 0;
        for (XSSFCell cell : _cells.values()) {
            // no need to change anything if position is correct
            Integer correctPosition = map.get(cell.getCTCell());
            Objects.requireNonNull(correctPosition, "Should find CTCell in _row");
            if(correctPosition != i) {
                // we need to re-populate this CTCell
                _row.setCArray(i, cArrayCopy[correctPosition]);
                cell.setCTCell(_row.getCArray(i));
            }
            i++;
        }

        // remove any remaining illegal references in _rows.cArray
        while(cArrayOrig.length > _cells.size()) {
            _row.removeC(_cells.size());
        }
    }

    /**
     * @return formatted xml representation of this row
     */
    @Override
    public String toString(){
        return _row.toString();
    }

    /**
     * update cell references when shifting rows
     *
     * @param n the number of rows to move
     */
    protected void shift(int n) {
        int rownum = getRowNum() + n;
        String msg = "Row[rownum=" + getRowNum() + "] contains cell(s) included in a multi-cell array formula. " +
                "You cannot change part of an array.";
        setRowNum(rownum);
        for(Cell c : this){
            ((XSSFCell)c).updateCellReferencesForShifting(msg);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Copy the cells from srcRow to this row.
     * If this row is not a blank row, this will merge the two rows, overwriting
     * the cells in this row with the cells in srcRow.
     * If srcRow is null, overwrite cells in destination row with blank values, styles, etc per cell copy policy.
     *
     * Note that if you are copying from a non-XSSF row then you will need to disable style copying
     * in the {@link CellCopyPolicy} (XSSF styles are not compatible with HSSF styles, for instance).
     *
     * @param srcRow the rows to copy from
     * @param policy the policy to determine what gets copied
     */
    @Beta
    public void copyRowFrom(Row srcRow, CellCopyPolicy policy) {
        copyRowFrom(srcRow, policy, null);
    }

    /**
     * Copy the cells from srcRow to this row
     * If this row is not a blank row, this will merge the two rows, overwriting
     * the cells in this row with the cells in srcRow
     * If srcRow is null, overwrite cells in destination row with blank values, styles, etc per cell copy policy
     * srcRow may be from a different sheet in the same workbook
     *
     * Note that if you are copying from a non-XSSF row then you will need to disable style copying
     * in the {@link CellCopyPolicy} (XSSF styles are not compatible with HSSF styles, for instance).
     *
     * @param srcRow the rows to copy from
     * @param policy the policy to determine what gets copied
     * @param context the context - see {@link CellCopyContext}
     */
    @Beta
    public void copyRowFrom(Row srcRow, CellCopyPolicy policy, CellCopyContext context) {
        if (srcRow == null) {
            // srcRow is blank. Overwrite cells with blank values, blank styles, etc per cell copy policy
            for (Cell destCell : this) {
                CellUtil.copyCell(null, destCell, policy, context);
            }

            if (policy.isCopyMergedRegions()) {
                // Remove MergedRegions in dest row
                final int destRowNum = getRowNum();
                int index = 0;
                final Set<Integer> indices = new HashSet<>();
                for (CellRangeAddress destRegion : getSheet().getMergedRegions()) {
                    if (destRowNum == destRegion.getFirstRow() && destRowNum == destRegion.getLastRow()) {
                        indices.add(index);
                    }
                    index++;
                }
                getSheet().removeMergedRegions(indices);
            }

            if (policy.isCopyRowHeight()) {
                // clear row height
                setHeight((short)-1);
            }

        } else {
            for (final Cell c : srcRow) {
                final XSSFCell destCell = createCell(c.getColumnIndex());
                CellUtil.copyCell(c, destCell, policy, context);
            }

            final int sheetIndex = _sheet.getWorkbook().getSheetIndex(_sheet);
            final String sheetName = _sheet.getWorkbook().getSheetName(sheetIndex);
            final int srcRowNum = srcRow.getRowNum();
            final int destRowNum = getRowNum();
            final int rowDifference = destRowNum - srcRowNum;

            final FormulaShifter formulaShifter = FormulaShifter.createForRowCopy(sheetIndex, sheetName, srcRowNum, srcRowNum, rowDifference, SpreadsheetVersion.EXCEL2007);
            final XSSFRowShifter rowShifter = new XSSFRowShifter(_sheet);
            rowShifter.updateRowFormulas(this, formulaShifter);

            // Copy merged regions that are fully contained on the row
            // FIXME: is this something that rowShifter could be doing?
            if (policy.isCopyMergedRegions()) {
                for (CellRangeAddress srcRegion : srcRow.getSheet().getMergedRegions()) {
                    if (srcRowNum == srcRegion.getFirstRow() && srcRowNum == srcRegion.getLastRow()) {
                        CellRangeAddress destRegion = srcRegion.copy();
                        destRegion.setFirstRow(destRowNum);
                        destRegion.setLastRow(destRowNum);
                        getSheet().addMergedRegion(destRegion);
                    }
                }
            }

            if (policy.isCopyRowHeight()) {
                setHeight(srcRow.getHeight());
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public int getOutlineLevel() {
        return _row.getOutlineLevel();
    }

    /**
     * Shifts column range [firstShiftColumnIndex-lastShiftColumnIndex] step places to the right.
     * @param firstShiftColumnIndex the column to start shifting
     * @param lastShiftColumnIndex the column to end shifting
     * @param step length of the shifting step
     */
    @Override
    public void shiftCellsRight(int firstShiftColumnIndex, int lastShiftColumnIndex, int step) {
        RowShifter.validateShiftParameters(firstShiftColumnIndex, lastShiftColumnIndex, step);

        for (int columnIndex = lastShiftColumnIndex; columnIndex >= firstShiftColumnIndex; columnIndex--){ // process cells backwards, because of shifting
            shiftCell(columnIndex, step);
        }
        for (int columnIndex = firstShiftColumnIndex; columnIndex <= firstShiftColumnIndex+step-1; columnIndex++)
        {
            _cells.remove(columnIndex);
            XSSFCell targetCell = getCell(columnIndex);
            if(targetCell != null) {
                targetCell.getCTCell().set(CTCell.Factory.newInstance());
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Shifts column range [firstShiftColumnIndex-lastShiftColumnIndex] step places to the left.
     * @param firstShiftColumnIndex the column to start shifting
     * @param lastShiftColumnIndex the column to end shifting
     * @param step length of the shifting step
     */
    @Override
    public void shiftCellsLeft(int firstShiftColumnIndex, int lastShiftColumnIndex, int step) {
        RowShifter.validateShiftLeftParameters(firstShiftColumnIndex, lastShiftColumnIndex, step);

        for (int columnIndex = firstShiftColumnIndex; columnIndex <= lastShiftColumnIndex; columnIndex++){
            shiftCell(columnIndex, -step);
        }
        for (int columnIndex = lastShiftColumnIndex-step+1; columnIndex <= lastShiftColumnIndex; columnIndex++){
            _cells.remove(columnIndex);
            XSSFCell targetCell = getCell(columnIndex);
            if(targetCell != null) {
                targetCell.getCTCell().set(CTCell.Factory.newInstance());
            }
        }
    }

    private void shiftCell(int columnIndex, int step/*pass negative value for left shift*/){
        if(columnIndex + step < 0) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Column index less than zero : " + (Integer.valueOf(columnIndex + step)));
        }

        XSSFCell currentCell = getCell(columnIndex);
        if(currentCell != null){
            currentCell.setCellNum(columnIndex+step);
            _cells.put(columnIndex+step, currentCell);
        }
        else {
            _cells.remove(columnIndex+step);
            XSSFCell targetCell = getCell(columnIndex+step);
            if(targetCell != null) {
                targetCell.getCTCell().set(CTCell.Factory.newInstance());
            }
        }
    }
}