I have merged two excel files using the code specied here
http://www.coderanch.com/t/614715/Web-Services/java/merge-excel-files
this the block applying the styles for my merging cells
if (styleMap != null)
{
if (oldCell.getSheet().getWorkbook() == newCell.getSheet().getWorkbook())
{
newCell.setCellStyle(oldCell.getCellStyle());
}
else
{
int stHashCode = oldCell.getCellStyle().hashCode();
XSSFCellStyle newCellStyle = styleMap.get(stHashCode);
if (newCellStyle == null)
{
newCellStyle = newCell.getSheet().getWorkbook().createCellStyle();
newCellStyle.cloneStyleFrom(oldCell.getCellStyle());
styleMap.put(stHashCode, newCellStyle);
}
newCell.setCellStyle(newCellStyle);
}
}
It all working as expected and going well in generating my XSSFWorkbook.
Problem starting when I try to open it:
I see below error
and my error report contains below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<recoveryLog xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main">
<logFileName>error072840_01.xml</logFileName>
<summary>Errors were detected in file 'XYZ.xlsx'</summary>
<repairedRecords summary="Following is a list of repairs:">
<repairedRecord>Repaired Records: Format from /xl/styles.xml part (Styles)</repairedRecord>
</repairedRecords>
</recoveryLog>
After all these my sheet opens up fine but without styles. I know there is a limitation on number of styles to be created and have counted the styles being created and I hardly see 4 created. I even know that this issue is with too many styles.
Unfortunately, POI has support to optimise only HSSFWorkbook (Apache POI delete CellStyle from workbook)
Any help in how to mitigate with this issue will be great.