Apache Poi Maven Dependencies

[Jacek jaryszek]

Hi Guys,

i found this url to read CSV:

webpage

the issue is that in first answer they advise to add maven dependencies.
Where to add it in inteligej? And why?

Best,
Jacek

[Stephan van Hulst]

If your project is a Maven project, it should have a file called pom.xml in its root directory. This is the Maven project descriptor.

In the POM there should be a section <dependencies> to which you can add a <dependency> element for the library that you want to add to your project. The second answer in the StackOverflow page that you linked to has an example of such a dependency.

Before you add any dependencies at all, please tell us why you need Apache POI. If you're not working with Microsoft Office files, then using Apache POI might be overkill if all you intend to do is read a CSV file.

[Tim Moores]

For reading CSVs, POI is the wrong tool. Use a library like http://opencsv.sourceforge.net/ or https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/ instead.

Or are you trying to create an Excel file? For that, you would use POI. But not for reading CSVs.

[Jacek jaryszek]

Thank you very much!

Best,
Jacek