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Learning Apache POI for Java

I'm trying to learn Apache POI for Java quickly (for manipulating Excel). I've been googling for tutorials, but so far all I've found is short, 2-paragraph explanations followed by a code sample. I wanted to find something a bit more comprehensive, that is concise but walks through it in a structured, complete, and understandable way. Anyone know of any good tutorials? Does Apache POI have any decent documentation...? I couldn't seem to find any on their site.

A:

I found the documentation to be mostly lacking myself. I found the mailing group was my best resource for getting answers to my hard questions: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/poi-user/. For learning the basics I just followed the examples on the online documentation and used the trial and error approach with a simple console app.
Online documentation links:
http://poi.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.html
http://poi.apache.org/spreadsheet/quick-guide.html

