Could not able to access CELL_TYPE_STRING variable from XSSFCell

Question

I am trying to set cell type value by passing XSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_STRING. But it is throwing error "No static property descriptor found for property, CELL_TYPE_STRING"

cell.setCellType(XSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_STRING)

Answer 1

first check your imports, XSSFCell class supposed to belong to

package org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel;

maybe there is smth wrong with imports

also you can try

Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING

• its more generic, since .setCellType expekts int as an argument should be no difference