How to Read password protected Excel in java?

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Using Apache POI library we can read protected Excel file easily in Java

Apache POI

POI Allows us to read both Excel file formats

XLS

XLSX

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Reading protected documents is format-dependent and needs to be implemented per format differently.

Reading password protected XLS file

Use Biff8EncryptionKey.setCurrentUserPassword(password) to specify the decryption password before reading the workbook of the XLS file.

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Reading password protected XLSX file

POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(xlsxFile); EncryptionInfo info = new EncryptionInfo(fs); Decryptor decryptor = Decryptor.getInstance(info); //Verifying the password if (!decryptor.verifyPassword("javacodepoint")) {        throw new RuntimeException("Incorrect password"); }           InputStream dataStream = decryptor.getDataStream(fs); // Now parse dataStream

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Generic logic for Reading both XLS and XLSX file

In Apache POI, WorkbookFactory is a factory class available for creating the appropriate kind of Workbook (eg. HSSFWorkbook or XSSFWorkbook), by auto-detecting from the supplied input.

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For example- WorkbookFactory.create(java.io.File file, java.lang.String password);