Creating Shapes using Shape Groups

In this section, you will learn how to create shapes using Apache POI library.

In this section, you will learn how to create shapes using Apache POI library.

Creating Shapes using Shape Groups

In this section, you will learn how to create shapes using Apache POI library.

EXAMPLE

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFChildAnchor;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFClientAnchor;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFPatriarch;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFShapeGroup;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSimpleShape;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;

public class XLShapeGroup {
public static void main(String args[]) throws FileNotFoundException {
Workbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook();
Sheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("Data Validation");
HSSFPatriarch patriarch = (HSSFPatriarch) sheet
.createDrawingPatriarch();
// Create a shape group.
HSSFShapeGroup group = patriarch.createGroup(new HSSFClientAnchor(0, 0,
900, 200, (short) 0, 1, (short) 1, 0));

// Create a couple of lines in the group.
HSSFSimpleShape shape1 = group.createShape(new HSSFChildAnchor(3, 3,
500, 500));
shape1.setShapeType(HSSFSimpleShape.OBJECT_TYPE_LINE);
((HSSFChildAnchor) shape1.getAnchor())
.setAnchor((short) 3, 3, 500, 500);
HSSFSimpleShape shape2 = group.createShape(new HSSFChildAnchor(
(short) 0, 200, 400, 600));
shape2.setShapeType(HSSFSimpleShape.OBJECT_TYPE_OVAL);
FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("xls/XLShapeGroup.xls");
try {
workbook.write(fileOut);
fileOut.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

OUTPUT

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