From d60cb3a18c18b958998f066dc3591bc81dd85b3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladislav Galas <gallon@apache.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 19:40:56 +0000
Subject: added Cell.setBlank() - as an alias, for now

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk@1852244 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Cell.java     | 7 +++++++
 src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/CellBase.java | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/java/org')

diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Cell.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Cell.java
index 6f960a30d7..21e701490e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Cell.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Cell.java
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ public interface Cell {
      */
     void setCellType(CellType cellType);
 
+    /**
+     * Removes formula and value from the cell, and sets its type to {@link CellType#BLANK}.
+     * Preserves comments and hyperlinks.
+     * While {@link #setCellType(CellType)} exists, is an alias for {@code setCellType(CellType.BLANK)}.
+     */
+    void setBlank();
+
     /**
      * Return the cell type.
      *
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/CellBase.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/CellBase.java
index 7e3929b236..9777739fcf 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/CellBase.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/CellBase.java
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ public abstract class CellBase implements Cell {
         setCellTypeImpl(cellType);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setBlank() {
+        setCellType(CellType.BLANK);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Implementation-specific logic
      * @param cellType new cell type. Guaranteed non-null, not _NONE.
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