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package org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.FormulaParseException;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellAddress;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress;
import org.apache.poi.util.Removal;

/**
 * High level representation of a cell in a row of a spreadsheet.
 * <p>
 * Cells can be numeric, formula-based or string-based (text).  The cell type
 * specifies this.  String cells cannot conatin numbers and numeric cells cannot
 * contain strings (at least according to our model).  Client apps should do the
 * conversions themselves.  Formula cells have the formula string, as well as
 * the formula result, which can be numeric or string.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Cells should have their number (0 based) before being added to a row.
 * </p>
 */
public interface Cell {

    /**
     * Returns column index of this cell
     *
     * @return zero-based column index of a column in a sheet.
     */
    int getColumnIndex();

    /**
     * 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
     */
    int getRowIndex();

    /**
     * Returns the sheet this cell belongs to
     *
     * @return the sheet this cell belongs to
     */
    Sheet getSheet();

    /**
     * Returns the Row this cell belongs to
     *
     * @return the Row that owns this cell
     */
     Row getRow();

    /**
     * Set the cells type (blank, numeric, boolean, error or string).
     * <p>If the cell currently contains a value, the value will
     *  be converted to match the new type, if possible. Formatting
     *  is generally lost in the process however.</p>
     * <p>Conversion rules:</p>
     * <p>to NUMERIC: numeric value is left as is. True converts to 1.0, false converts to 0. otherwise, the
     * value is set to 0. Formula is removed.</p>
     * <p>If what you want to do is get a String value for your
     *  numeric cell, <i>stop!</i> This is not the way to do it.
     *  Instead, for fetching the string value of a numeric or boolean
     *  or date cell, use {@link DataFormatter} instead.</p>
     * <p>If cell is a member of an array formula group containing more than 1 cell, an {@link IllegalStateException}
     * is thrown. If the array formula group contains only this cell, it is removed.</p>
     * <p>Passing {@link CellType#FORMULA} is illegal and will result in an {@link IllegalArgumentException}.</p>
     *
     * @deprecated This method is deprecated and will be removed in POI 5.0.
     * Use explicit {@link #setCellFormula(String)}, <code>setCellValue(...)</code> or {@link #setBlank()}
     * to get the desired result.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified cell type is invalid (null, _NONE or FORMULA)
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the current value cannot be converted to the new type or
     * if the cell is a part of an array formula group containing other cells
     */
    @Deprecated
    @Removal(version = "5.0")
    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.
     *
     * @return the cell type
     */
    CellType getCellType();

    /**
     * Return the cell type.  Tables in an array formula return
     * {@link CellType#FORMULA} for all cells, even though the formula is only defined
     * in the OOXML file for the top left cell of the array.
     * <p>
     * NOTE: POI does not support data table formulas.
     * Cells in a data table appear to POI as plain cells typed from their cached value.
     *
     * @return the cell type
     * @since POI 3.15 beta 3
     * @deprecated will be removed in 4.2
     * Will be renamed to <code>getCellType()</code> when we make the CellType enum transition in POI 4.0. See bug 59791.
     */
    @Deprecated
    @Removal(version="4.2")
    CellType getCellTypeEnum();

    /**
     * Only valid for formula cells
     *
     * Will return {@link CellType} in a future version of POI.
     * For forwards compatibility, do not hard-code cell type literals in your code.
     *
     * @return one of ({@link CellType#NUMERIC}, {@link CellType#STRING},
     *     {@link CellType#BOOLEAN}, {@link CellType#ERROR}) depending
     * on the cached value of the formula
     */
    CellType getCachedFormulaResultType();

    /**
     * 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
     * @since POI 3.15 beta 3
     * @deprecated will be removed in 4.2
     * Will be renamed to <code>getCachedFormulaResultType()</code> when we make the CellType enum transition in POI 4.0. See bug 59791.
     */
    @Deprecated
    @Removal(version = "4.2")
    CellType getCachedFormulaResultTypeEnum();

    /**
     * Set a numeric value for the cell.
     *
     * @param value the numeric value to set this cell to.  For formulas we'll set the
     *        precalculated value, for numerics we'll set its value. For other types we
     *        will change the cell to a numeric cell and set its value.
     */
    void setCellValue(double value);

    /**
     * <p>Converts the supplied date to its equivalent Excel numeric value and sets
     * that into the cell.</p>
     *
     * <p><b>Note</b> - There is actually no 'DATE' cell type in Excel. In many
     * cases (when entering date values), Excel automatically adjusts the
     * <i>cell style</i> to some date format, creating the illusion that the cell
     * data type is now something besides {@link CellType#NUMERIC}.  POI
     * does not attempt to replicate this behaviour.  To make a numeric cell
     * display as a date, use {@link #setCellStyle(CellStyle)} etc.</p>
     *
     * @param value the numeric value to set this cell to.  For formulas we'll set the
     *        precalculated value, for numerics we'll set its value. For other types we
     *        will change the cell to a numerics cell and set its value.
     */
    void setCellValue(Date value);

    /**
     * <p>Converts the supplied date to its equivalent Excel numeric value and sets
     * that into the cell.</p>
     *
     * <p><b>Note</b> - There is actually no 'DATE' cell type in Excel. In many
     * cases (when entering date values), Excel automatically adjusts the
     * <i>cell style</i> to some date format, creating the illusion that the cell
     * data type is now something besides {@link CellType#NUMERIC}.  POI
     * does not attempt to replicate this behaviour.  To make a numeric cell
     * display as a date, use {@link #setCellStyle(CellStyle)} etc.</p>
     *
     * @param value the numeric value to set this cell to.  For formulas we'll set the
     *        precalculated value, for numerics we'll set its value. For other types we
     *        will change the cell to a numerics cell and set its value.
     */
    void setCellValue(LocalDateTime value);

    /**
     * <p>Converts the supplied date to its equivalent Excel numeric value and sets
     * that into the cell.</p>
     *
     * <p><b>Note</b> - There is actually no 'DATE' cell type in Excel. In many
     * cases (when entering date values), Excel automatically adjusts the
     * <i>cell style</i> to some date format, creating the illusion that the cell
     * data type is now something besides {@link CellType#NUMERIC}.  POI
     * does not attempt to replicate this behaviour.  To make a numeric cell
     * display as a date, use {@link #setCellStyle(CellStyle)} etc.</p>
     *
     * @param value the numeric value to set this cell to.  For formulas we'll set the
     *        precalculated value, for numerics we'll set its value. For other types we
     *        will change the cell to a numerics cell and set its value.
     */
    default void setCellValue(LocalDate value) {
        setCellValue(value.atStartOfDay());
    }

    /**
     * <p>Set a date value for the cell. Excel treats dates as numeric so you will need to format the cell as
     * a date.</p>
     * <p>
     * This will set the cell value based on the Calendar's timezone. As Excel
     * does not support timezones this means that both 20:00+03:00 and
     * 20:00-03:00 will be reported as the same value (20:00) even that there
     * are 6 hours difference between the two times. This difference can be
     * preserved by using <code>setCellValue(value.getTime())</code> which will
     * automatically shift the times to the default timezone.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param value  the date value to set this cell to.  For formulas we'll set the
     *        precalculated value, for numerics we'll set its value. For othertypes we
     *        will change the cell to a numeric cell and set its value.
     */
    void setCellValue(Calendar value);

    /**
     * Set a rich string value for the cell.
     *
     * @param value  value to set the cell to.  For formulas we'll set the formula
     * string, for String cells we'll set its value.  For other types we will
     * change the cell to a string cell and set its value.
     * If value is null then we will change the cell to a Blank cell.
     */
    void setCellValue(RichTextString value);

    /**
     * Set a string value for the cell.
     *
     * @param value  value to set the cell to.  For formulas we'll set the formula
     * string, for String cells we'll set its value.  For other types we will
     * change the cell to a string cell and set its value.
     * If value is null then we will change the cell to a Blank cell.
     */
    void setCellValue(String value);


    /**
     * Sets formula for this cell.
     * <p>If {@code formula} is not null, sets or updates the formula. If {@code formula} is null, removes the formula.
     * Or use {@link #removeFormula()} to remove the formula.</p>
     *
     * <p>Note, this method only sets the formula string and does not calculate the formula value.
     * To set the precalculated value use {@link #setCellValue}.</p>
     *
     * <p>If the cell was blank, sets value to 0. Otherwise, preserves the value as precalculated.</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.
     *
     * @see Cell#removeFormula
     * @throws IllegalStateException if this cell is a part of an array formula group containing other cells
     * @throws FormulaParseException if the formula has incorrect syntax or is otherwise invalid
     */
    void setCellFormula(String formula) throws FormulaParseException, IllegalStateException;

    /**
     * Removes formula, if any.
     *
     * If cell was blank, leaves it as is.
     * If it is a part of an array formula group, blanks the cell.
     * If has a regular formula, removes the formula preserving the "cached" value.
     * @throws IllegalStateException if cell is a part of an array formula group containing other cells
     */
    void removeFormula() throws IllegalStateException;

    /**
     * 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 {@link CellType#FORMULA}
     */
    String getCellFormula();

    /**
     * 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 {@link CellType#STRING}
     * @exception NumberFormatException if the cell value isn't a parsable <code>double</code>.
     * @see DataFormatter for turning this number into a string similar to that which Excel would render this number as.
     */
    double getNumericCellValue();

    /**
     * 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 {@link CellType#STRING}
     * @exception NumberFormatException if the cell value isn't a parsable <code>double</code>.
     * @see DataFormatter for formatting  this date into a string similar to how excel does.
     */
    Date getDateCellValue();

    /**
     * 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 LocalDateTime
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the cell type returned by {@link #getCellType()} is {@link CellType#STRING}
     * @exception NumberFormatException if the cell value isn't a parsable <code>double</code>.
     * @see DataFormatter for formatting  this date into a string similar to how excel does.
     */
    LocalDateTime getLocalDateTimeCellValue();

    /**
     * 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
     */
    RichTextString getRichStringCellValue();

    /**
     * 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
     */
    String getStringCellValue();

    /**
     * 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.
     */
     void setCellValue(boolean 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 FormulaError
     */
    void setCellErrorValue(byte 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 {@link CellType#BOOLEAN}, {@link CellType#BLANK} or {@link CellType#FORMULA}
     */
    boolean getBooleanCellValue();

    /**
     * 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 {@link CellType#ERROR}
     * @see FormulaError for error codes
     */
    byte getErrorCellValue();

    /**
     * <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()
     */
    void setCellStyle(CellStyle 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 Workbook#getCellStyleAt(int)
     */
    CellStyle getCellStyle();

    /**
     * Sets this cell as the active cell for the worksheet
     */
    void setAsActiveCell();

   /**
     * Gets the address of this cell
     *
     * @return <code>A1</code> style address of this cell
     * @since 3.14beta1
     */
    CellAddress getAddress();

    /**
     * Assign a comment to this cell
     *
     * @param comment comment associated with this cell
     */
    void setCellComment(Comment comment);

    /**
     * Returns comment associated with this cell
     *
     * @return comment associated with this cell or <code>null</code> if not found
     */
    Comment getCellComment();

    /**
     * Removes the comment for this cell, if there is one.
     */
    void removeCellComment();

    /**
     * @return hyperlink associated with this cell or <code>null</code> if not found
     */
    Hyperlink getHyperlink();

    /**
     * Assign a hyperlink to this cell
     *
     * @param link hyperlink associated with this cell
     */
    void setHyperlink(Hyperlink link);

    /**
     * Removes the hyperlink for this cell, if there is one.
     */
    void removeHyperlink();

    /**
     * Only valid for array formula cells
     *
     * @return range of the array formula group that the cell belongs to.
     */
    CellRangeAddress getArrayFormulaRange();

    /**
     * @return <code>true</code> if this cell is part of group of cells having a common array formula.
     */
    boolean isPartOfArrayFormulaGroup();
}