Bug 37045

Summary: HSSFName doesn't surface option flag so its not possible to tell what type of name record the HSSFName object represents
Product: POI Reporter: Bill Seddon <bill.seddon>
Component: HSSFAssignee: POI Developers List <dev>
Status: RESOLVED LATER    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2    
Version: 2.5-FINAL   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Windows XP   

Description Bill Seddon 2005-10-12 16:11:55 UTC 
HSSFName doesn't surface option flag so its not possible to tell what type of 
name record the HSSFName object represents

This important because a name record is used to hold so many different type of 
name and it is helpful to be able to use it to classify names when reading a 
workbook.  For example a name record with an option flag of 0x0E is a custom 
function name.  Calling the getSheetName() method for a record of this type 
generates an exception because there there is no external sheet associated 
with this type.

Bill Seddon
Comment 1 Bill Seddon 2005-10-16 13:43:15 UTC 
OK, I can see this is addressed in 3.0-dev via the "is..." methods.