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package org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel;
/**
* Represents a description of a conditional formatting rule
*/
public interface ConditionalFormattingRule {
/**
* Create a new border formatting structure if it does not exist,
* otherwise just return existing object.
*
* @return - border formatting object, never returns null.
*/
BorderFormatting createBorderFormatting();
/**
* @return - border formatting object if defined, null otherwise
*/
BorderFormatting getBorderFormatting();
/**
* Create a new font formatting structure if it does not exist,
* otherwise just return existing object.
*
* @return - font formatting object, never returns null.
*/
FontFormatting createFontFormatting();
/**
* @return - font formatting object if defined, null otherwise
*/
FontFormatting getFontFormatting();
/**
* Create a new pattern formatting structure if it does not exist,
* otherwise just return existing object.
*
* @return - pattern formatting object, never returns null.
*/
PatternFormatting createPatternFormatting();
/**
* @return - pattern formatting object if defined, null otherwise
*/
PatternFormatting getPatternFormatting();
/**
* @return - databar / data-bar formatting object if defined, null otherwise
*/
DataBarFormatting getDataBarFormatting();
/**
* @return - icon / multi-state formatting object if defined, null otherwise
*/
IconMultiStateFormatting getMultiStateFormatting();
/**
* @return color scale / color grate formatting object if defined, null otherwise
*/
ColorScaleFormatting getColorScaleFormatting();
/**
* Type of conditional formatting rule.
*
* @return the type of condition
*/
ConditionType getConditionType();
/**
* This is null if
*
* {@link #getConditionType()} != {@link ConditionType#FILTER}
*
* This is always {@link ConditionFilterType#FILTER} for HSSF rules of type {@link ConditionType#FILTER}.
*
* For XSSF filter rules, this will indicate the specific type of filter.
*
* @return filter type for filter rules, or null if not a filter rule.
*/
ConditionFilterType getConditionFilterType();
/**
* This is null if
*
* {@link #getConditionFilterType()} == null
*
* This means it is always null for HSSF, which does not define the extended condition types.
*
* This object contains the additional configuration information for XSSF filter conditions.
*
* @return
*/
public ConditionFilterData getFilterConfiguration();
/**
* The comparison function used when the type of conditional formatting is set to
* {@link ConditionType#CELL_VALUE_IS}
*
* MUST be a constant from {@link ComparisonOperator}
*
*
* @return the conditional format operator
*/
byte getComparisonOperation();
/**
* The formula used to evaluate the first operand for the conditional formatting rule.
*
* If the condition type is {@link ConditionType#CELL_VALUE_IS},
* this field is the first operand of the comparison.
* If type is {@link ConditionType#FORMULA}, this formula is used
* to determine if the conditional formatting is applied.
*
*
* If comparison type is {@link ConditionType#FORMULA} the formula MUST be a Boolean function
*
*
* @return the first formula
*/
String getFormula1();
/**
* The formula used to evaluate the second operand of the comparison when
* comparison type is {@link ConditionType#CELL_VALUE_IS} and operator
* is either {@link ComparisonOperator#BETWEEN} or {@link ComparisonOperator#NOT_BETWEEN}
*
* @return the second formula
*/
String getFormula2();
/**
* HSSF just returns 0, XSSF uses the value stored in the model if present,
* otherwise uses 0.
*
* If priority is 0, just use definition order, as that's how HSSF rules are evaluated.
*
* If a rule is created but not yet added to a sheet, this value may not be valid.
* @return rule priority
*/
int getPriority();
/**
* Always true for HSSF rules, optional flag for XSSF rules.
* See Excel help for more.
*
* @return true if conditional formatting rule processing stops when this one is true, false if not
* @see Microsoft Excel help
*/
boolean getStopIfTrue();
}