Add Apache POI Excel Library, Apache POI maven, Apache POI download, Import Apache POI in Intellij

In this video we will learn how to add Apache POI Excel Library in Intellij idea. We will also create a blank document. Hope you will enjoy this video. Apache POI, a project run by the Apache Software Foundation, and previously a sub-project of the Jakarta Project, provides pure Java libraries for reading and writing files in Microsoft Office formats, such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel. The name was originally an acronym for "Poor Obfuscation Implementation", referring humorously to the fact that the file formats seemed to be deliberately obfuscated, but poorly, since they were successfully reverse-engineered. This explanation – and those of the similar names for the various sub-projects – were removed from the official web pages in order to better market the tools to businesses who would not consider such humor appropriate. The original authors (Andrew C. Oliver and Marc Johnson) also noted the existence of the Hawaiian poi dish, made of mashed taro root, which had similarly derogatory connotations. Architecture The Apache POI project contains the following subcomponents (meaning of acronyms is taken from old documentation): - POIFS (Poor Obfuscation Implementation File System) – This component reads and writes Microsoft&OLE 2 Compound document format. Since all Microsoft Office files are OLE 2 files, this component is the basic building block of all the other POI elements. POIFS can therefore be used to read a wider variety of files, beyond those whose explicit...