org.apache.poi.hssf.dev
Class BiffViewer

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer

public class BiffViewer
extends java.lang.Object

Utillity for reading in BIFF8 records and displaying data from them.

Author:
Andrew C. Oliver (acoliver at apache dot org), Glen Stampoultzis (glens at apache.org)
See Also:
main(java.lang.String[])

Constructor Summary
BiffViewer(java.lang.String[] args)
          Creates new BiffViewer
 
Method Summary
static Record[] createRecords(java.io.InputStream in, boolean dump)
          Create an array of records from an input stream
static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
          Method main with 1 argument just run straight biffview against given file
 void run()
          Method run starts up BiffViewer...
 void setDump(boolean dump)
          Method setDump - hex dump out data or not.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

BiffViewer

public BiffViewer(java.lang.String[] args)
Creates new BiffViewer

Parameters:
args -
Method Detail

run

public void run()
Method run starts up BiffViewer...


createRecords

public static Record[] createRecords(java.io.InputStream in,
                                     boolean dump)
                              throws RecordFormatException
Create an array of records from an input stream

Parameters:
in - the InputStream from which the records will be obtained
dump -
Returns:
an array of Records created from the InputStream
Throws:
RecordFormatException - on error processing the InputStream

setDump

public void setDump(boolean dump)
Method setDump - hex dump out data or not.

Parameters:
dump -

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
Method main with 1 argument just run straight biffview against given file

with 2 arguments where the second argument is "on" - run biffviewer

with hex dumps of records

with 2 arguments where the second argument is "bfd" just run a big fat hex dump of the file...don't worry about biffviewing it at all

Parameters:
args -


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