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Diffstat (limited to 'src/java/org/apache/poi/ss')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Row.java | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Row.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Row.java index 5d93f6492c..08fb4254df 100644 --- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Row.java +++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Row.java @@ -40,13 +40,22 @@ public interface Row extends Iterable<Cell> { /** * Use this to create new cells within the row and return it. * <p> - * The cell that is returned is a {@link Cell#CELL_TYPE_BLANK}. The type can be changed - * either through calling setCellValue or setCellType. + * The cell that is returned will be of the requested type. + * The type can be changed either through calling setCellValue + * or setCellType, but there is a small overhead to doing this, + * so it is best to create of the required type up front. * * @param column - the column number this cell represents + * @param type - the cell's data type * @return Cell a high level representation of the created cell. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if columnIndex < 0 or greate than a maximum number of supported columns * (255 for *.xls, 1048576 for *.xlsx) + * @see Cell#CELL_TYPE_BLANK + * @see Cell#CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN + * @see Cell#CELL_TYPE_ERROR + * @see Cell#CELL_TYPE_FORMULA + * @see Cell#CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC + * @see Cell#CELL_TYPE_STRING */ Cell createCell(int column, int type); |