Convert XLS to XML in Java
High-speed Java library for converting XLS to XML. This is a professional software solution to import and export XLS, XML, and many other formats using Java.
Aspose.Cells for Java
Overview
Convert XLS to XML Using Java
How do I convert XLS to XML? With Aspose.Cells for Java library, you can easily convert XLS to XML programmatically with a few lines of code. Aspose.Cells for Java is capable of building cross-platform applications with the ability to generate, modify, convert, render and print all Excel files. Java Excel API not only convert between spreadsheet formats, it can also render Excel files as images, PDF, HTML, ODS, CSV, SVG, JSON, WORD, PPT and more, thus making it a perfect choice to exchange documents in industry-standard formats. You can download its latest version directly from Maven and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.
Repository
<repository>
<id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
<name>Aspose Java API</name>
<url>https://repository.aspose.com/repo/</url>
</repository>
Dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-cells</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-cells API</version>
<classifier>jdk17</classifier>
</dependency>
Save XLS to XML in Java
The following example demonstrates how to convert XLS to XML in Java.
Follow the easy steps to convert XLS to XML. Upload your XLS file, then simply save it as XML file. For both XLS reading and XML writing you can use fully qualified filenames. The output XML content and formatting will be identical to the original XLS document.
import com.aspose.cells.Workbook;
Workbook workbook = new Workbook("Input.xlsx");
workbook.save("Output.pdf");
How to Convert XLS to XML via Java
Need to convert XLS files to XML programmatically? Java developers can easily convert XLS to XML in just a few lines of code.
- Install ‘Aspose.Cells for Java’.
- Add a library reference (import the library) to your Java project.
- Load XLS file with an instance of Workbook class.
- Convert XLS to XML by calling Workbook.save method.
- Get the conversion result of XLS to XML.
Java library to convert XLS to XML
We host our Java packages in Maven repositories. ‘Aspose.Cells for Java’ is a common JAR file containing byte-code. Please follow the step-by-step instructions on how to install it to your Java developer environment.
System Requirements
Before running the Java conversion source code, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.
- Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with Java Runtime Environment for JSP/JSF Application and Desktop Applications.
- Get latest version of Aspose.Cells for Java directly from Maven.
XLS What is XLS File Format?
Files with XLS extension represent Excel Binary File Format. Such files can be created by Microsoft Excel as well as other similar spreadsheet programs such as OpenOffice Calc or Apple Numbers. File saved by Excel is known as Workbook where each workbook can have one or more worksheets. Data is stored and displayed to users in table format in worksheet and can span numeric values, text data, formulas, external data connections, images, and charts. Applications like Microsoft Excel lets you export workbook data to several different formats including PDF, CSV, XLSX, TXT, HTML, XPS, and several others. The XLS file format was replaced with a more open and structured format, XLSX, with the release of Microsoft Excel 2007. The latest versions still provide support for creating and reading XLS files, though XLSX is the first choice of use now.
Read MoreXML What is XML File Format?
XML stands for Extensible Markup Language that is similar to HTML but different in using tags for defining objects. The whole idea behind creation of XML file format was to store and transport data without being dependent on software or hardware tools. Its popularity is due to it being both human as well as machine readable. This enables it to create common data protocols in the form of objects to be stored and shared over network such as World Wide Web (WWW). The "X" in XML is for extensible which implies that the language can be extended to any number of symbols as per user requirements. It is for these features that many standard file formats make use of it such as Microsoft Open XML, LibreOffice OpenDocument, XHTML and SVG.
Read MoreOther Supported Conversions
You can also convert XLS to many other file formats including few listed below.