2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCreationHelper.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCreationHelper.java
index 79b4e9a852..42d28a7281 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCreationHelper.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCreationHelper.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel;
 
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CreationHelper;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
 
 public class HSSFCreationHelper implements CreationHelper {
 	private HSSFWorkbook workbook;
@@ -39,4 +40,11 @@ public class HSSFCreationHelper implements CreationHelper {
 	public HSSFDataFormat createDataFormat() {
 		return dataFormat;
 	}
+	
+	public HSSFHyperlink createHyperlink(int type, Sheet sheetFor) {
+		return createHyperlink(type);
+	}
+	public HSSFHyperlink createHyperlink(int type) {
+		return new HSSFHyperlink(type);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFHyperlink.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFHyperlink.java
index 7f1c2639c9..53d9298ee0 100755
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFHyperlink.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFHyperlink.java
@@ -16,22 +16,15 @@
 ==================================================================== */
 package org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel;
 
-import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.EscherAggregate;
-import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.NoteRecord;
-import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.TextObjectRecord;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.HyperlinkRecord;
-import org.apache.poi.ddf.*;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Iterator;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Hyperlink;
 
 /**
  * Represents an Excel hyperlink.
  *
  * @author Yegor Kozlov (yegor at apache dot org)
  */
-public class HSSFHyperlink {
+public class HSSFHyperlink implements Hyperlink {
 
     /**
      * Link to a existing file or web page
@@ -209,7 +202,7 @@ public class HSSFHyperlink {
      *
      * @return the type of this hyperlink
      */
-    protected int getType(){
+    public int getType(){
         return link_type;
     }
 }