How to determine empty row?

Question

How I can determine empty rows in .xls documents using Apache POI?

Answer 1

get the instance of CellReference and use formatAsString() on the instance. compare it with an empty String

`

if("".equals(cellRef.formatAsString())){
     System.out.println("this is an empty cell");
   }else{
      System.out.println("Cell value : "+cellRef.formatAsString());
   }

` Reference : http://www.javabeat.net/2007/10/apache-poi-reading-excel-sheet-using-java/