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Add a note on how this is not the right way to make a string of your cell 

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Nick Burch 2014-10-16 21:41:11 +00:00
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src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/Cell.java
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@ -110,8 +110,13 @@ public interface Cell {
/**
* Set the cells type (numeric, formula or string).
* If the cell currently contains a value, the value will
* be converted to match the new type, if possible.
* <p>If the cell currently contains a value, the value will
* be converted to match the new type, if possible. Formatting
* is generally lost in the process however.</p>
* <p>If what you want to do is get a String value for your
* numeric cell, <i>stop!</i>. This is not the way to do it.
* Instead, for fetching the string value of a numeric or boolean
* or date cell, use {@link DataFormatter} instead.</p>
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified cell type is invalid
* @throws IllegalStateException if the current value cannot be converted to the new type