HSSF provides Java APIs to read / write Microsoft Excel 2003 and before (.xls) files. This tag should be used for questions about accessing Excel 2003 files from Java applications. HSSF is managed under the Apache POI Project.

HSSF provides Java APIs to read / write Microsoft Excel 2003 and before (.xls) files. This tag should be used for questions about accessing Excel 2003 files from Java applications. HSSF is managed under the Apache POI Project.

More information on HSSF, the bug tracker and download links are available from http://poi.apache.org/spreadsheet/index.html

If you are starting with Apache POI, you may find the Busy Developer's link very useful: http://poi.apache.org/spreadsheet/quick-guide.html