diff --git a/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples/HSSFReadWrite.java b/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples/HSSFReadWrite.java
index 632cd5585f..1f56f7ec5e 100644
--- a/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples/HSSFReadWrite.java
+++ b/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples/HSSFReadWrite.java
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress;
 public final class HSSFReadWrite {
 
 	/**
-	 * creates an {@link HSSFWorkbook} the specified OS filename.
+	 * creates an {@link HSSFWorkbook} with the specified OS filename.
 	 */
 	private static HSSFWorkbook readFile(String filename) throws IOException {
 	    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filename);
 	    try {
-	        return new HSSFWorkbook(fis);
+	        return new HSSFWorkbook(fis);		// NOSONAR - should not be closed here
 	    } finally {
 	        fis.close();
 	    }
@@ -60,76 +60,79 @@ public final class HSSFReadWrite {
 	 * rows/cells.
 	 */
 	private static void testCreateSampleSheet(String outputFilename) throws IOException {
-		int rownum;
 		HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook();
-		HSSFSheet s = wb.createSheet();
-		HSSFCellStyle cs = wb.createCellStyle();
-		HSSFCellStyle cs2 = wb.createCellStyle();
-		HSSFCellStyle cs3 = wb.createCellStyle();
-		HSSFFont f = wb.createFont();
-		HSSFFont f2 = wb.createFont();
-
-		f.setFontHeightInPoints((short) 12);
-		f.setColor((short) 0xA);
-		f.setBold(true);
-		f2.setFontHeightInPoints((short) 10);
-		f2.setColor((short) 0xf);
-		f2.setBold(true);
-		cs.setFont(f);
-		cs.setDataFormat(HSSFDataFormat.getBuiltinFormat("($#,##0_);[Red]($#,##0)"));
-		cs2.setBorderBottom(BorderStyle.THIN);
-		cs2.setFillPattern(FillPatternType.SOLID_FOREGROUND);
-		cs2.setFillForegroundColor((short) 0xA);
-		cs2.setFont(f2);
-		wb.setSheetName(0, "HSSF Test");
-		for (rownum = 0; rownum < 300; rownum++) {
-			HSSFRow r = s.createRow(rownum);
-			if ((rownum % 2) == 0) {
-				r.setHeight((short) 0x249);
-			}
-
-			for (int cellnum = 0; cellnum < 50; cellnum += 2) {
-				HSSFCell c = r.createCell(cellnum);
-				c.setCellValue(rownum * 10000 + cellnum
-						+ (((double) rownum / 1000) + ((double) cellnum / 10000)));
-				if ((rownum % 2) == 0) {
-					c.setCellStyle(cs);
-				}
-				c = r.createCell(cellnum + 1);
-				c.setCellValue(new HSSFRichTextString("TEST"));
-				// 50 characters divided by 1/20th of a point
-				s.setColumnWidth(cellnum + 1, (int) (50 * 8 / 0.05));
-				if ((rownum % 2) == 0) {
-					c.setCellStyle(cs2);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		// draw a thick black border on the row at the bottom using BLANKS
-		rownum++;
-		rownum++;
-		HSSFRow r = s.createRow(rownum);
-		cs3.setBorderBottom(BorderStyle.THICK);
-		for (int cellnum = 0; cellnum < 50; cellnum++) {
-			HSSFCell c = r.createCell(cellnum);
-			c.setCellStyle(cs3);
-		}
-		s.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(0, 3, 0, 3));
-		s.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(100, 110, 100, 110));
-
-		// end draw thick black border
-		// create a sheet, set its title then delete it
-		wb.createSheet();
-		wb.setSheetName(1, "DeletedSheet");
-		wb.removeSheetAt(1);
-
-		// end deleted sheet
-		FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outputFilename);
 		try {
-		    wb.write(out);
+			HSSFSheet s = wb.createSheet();
+			HSSFCellStyle cs = wb.createCellStyle();
+			HSSFCellStyle cs2 = wb.createCellStyle();
+			HSSFCellStyle cs3 = wb.createCellStyle();
+			HSSFFont f = wb.createFont();
+			HSSFFont f2 = wb.createFont();
+
+			f.setFontHeightInPoints((short) 12);
+			f.setColor((short) 0xA);
+			f.setBold(true);
+			f2.setFontHeightInPoints((short) 10);
+			f2.setColor((short) 0xf);
+			f2.setBold(true);
+			cs.setFont(f);
+			cs.setDataFormat(HSSFDataFormat.getBuiltinFormat("($#,##0_);[Red]($#,##0)"));
+			cs2.setBorderBottom(BorderStyle.THIN);
+			cs2.setFillPattern(FillPatternType.SOLID_FOREGROUND);
+			cs2.setFillForegroundColor((short) 0xA);
+			cs2.setFont(f2);
+			wb.setSheetName(0, "HSSF Test");
+			int rownum;
+			for (rownum = 0; rownum < 300; rownum++) {
+				HSSFRow r = s.createRow(rownum);
+				if ((rownum % 2) == 0) {
+					r.setHeight((short) 0x249);
+				}
+
+				for (int cellnum = 0; cellnum < 50; cellnum += 2) {
+					HSSFCell c = r.createCell(cellnum);
+					c.setCellValue(rownum * 10000 + cellnum
+							+ (((double) rownum / 1000) + ((double) cellnum / 10000)));
+					if ((rownum % 2) == 0) {
+						c.setCellStyle(cs);
+					}
+					c = r.createCell(cellnum + 1);
+					c.setCellValue(new HSSFRichTextString("TEST"));
+					// 50 characters divided by 1/20th of a point
+					s.setColumnWidth(cellnum + 1, (int) (50 * 8 / 0.05));
+					if ((rownum % 2) == 0) {
+						c.setCellStyle(cs2);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			// draw a thick black border on the row at the bottom using BLANKS
+			rownum++;
+			rownum++;
+			HSSFRow r = s.createRow(rownum);
+			cs3.setBorderBottom(BorderStyle.THICK);
+			for (int cellnum = 0; cellnum < 50; cellnum++) {
+				HSSFCell c = r.createCell(cellnum);
+				c.setCellStyle(cs3);
+			}
+			s.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(0, 3, 0, 3));
+			s.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(100, 110, 100, 110));
+
+			// end draw thick black border
+			// create a sheet, set its title then delete it
+			wb.createSheet();
+			wb.setSheetName(1, "DeletedSheet");
+			wb.removeSheetAt(1);
+
+			// end deleted sheet
+			FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outputFilename);
+			try {
+				wb.write(out);
+			} finally {
+				out.close();
+			}
 		} finally {
-		    out.close();
-	        wb.close();
+			wb.close();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -165,48 +168,64 @@ public final class HSSFReadWrite {
 
 				HSSFWorkbook wb = HSSFReadWrite.readFile(fileName);
 
-				System.out.println("Data dump:\n");
+				try {
+					System.out.println("Data dump:\n");
 
-				for (int k = 0; k < wb.getNumberOfSheets(); k++) {
-					HSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(k);
-					int rows = sheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows();
-					System.out.println("Sheet " + k + " \"" + wb.getSheetName(k) + "\" has " + rows
-							+ " row(s).");
-					for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
-						HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(r);
-						if (row == null) {
-							continue;
-						}
-
-						int cells = row.getPhysicalNumberOfCells();
-						System.out.println("\nROW " + row.getRowNum() + " has " + cells
-								+ " cell(s).");
-						for (int c = 0; c < cells; c++) {
-							HSSFCell cell = row.getCell(c);
-							String value = null;
-
-							switch (cell.getCellTypeEnum()) {
-
-								case FORMULA:
-									value = "FORMULA value=" + cell.getCellFormula();
-									break;
-
-								case NUMERIC:
-									value = "NUMERIC value=" + cell.getNumericCellValue();
-									break;
-
-								case STRING:
-									value = "STRING value=" + cell.getStringCellValue();
-									break;
-
-								default:
+					for (int k = 0; k < wb.getNumberOfSheets(); k++) {
+						HSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(k);
+						int rows = sheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows();
+						System.out.println("Sheet " + k + " \"" + wb.getSheetName(k) + "\" has " + rows
+								+ " row(s).");
+						for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
+							HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(r);
+							if (row == null) {
+								continue;
+							}
+
+							System.out.println("\nROW " + row.getRowNum() + " has " + row.getPhysicalNumberOfCells() + " cell(s).");
+							for (int c = 0; c < row.getLastCellNum(); c++) {
+								HSSFCell cell = row.getCell(c);
+								String value;
+
+								if(cell != null) {
+									switch (cell.getCellTypeEnum()) {
+
+										case FORMULA:
+											value = "FORMULA value=" + cell.getCellFormula();
+											break;
+
+										case NUMERIC:
+											value = "NUMERIC value=" + cell.getNumericCellValue();
+											break;
+
+										case STRING:
+											value = "STRING value=" + cell.getStringCellValue();
+											break;
+
+										case BLANK:
+											value = "<BLANK>";
+											break;
+
+										case BOOLEAN:
+											value = "BOOLEAN value-" + cell.getBooleanCellValue();
+											break;
+
+										case ERROR:
+											value = "ERROR value=" + cell.getErrorCellValue();
+											break;
+
+										default:
+											value = "UNKNOWN value of type " + cell.getCellTypeEnum();
+									}
+									System.out.println("CELL col=" + cell.getColumnIndex() + " VALUE="
+											+ value);
+								}
 							}
-							System.out.println("CELL col=" + cell.getColumnIndex() + " VALUE="
-									+ value);
 						}
 					}
+				} finally {
+					wb.close();
 				}
-				wb.close();
 			} else if (args.length == 2) {
 				if (args[1].toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).equals("write")) {
 					System.out.println("Write mode");
@@ -218,36 +237,47 @@ public final class HSSFReadWrite {
 				} else {
 					System.out.println("readwrite test");
 					HSSFWorkbook wb = HSSFReadWrite.readFile(fileName);
-					FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(args[1]);
-
-					wb.write(stream);
-					stream.close();
-					wb.close();
+					try {
+						FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(args[1]);
+						try {
+							wb.write(stream);
+						} finally {
+							stream.close();
+						}
+					} finally {
+						wb.close();
+					}
 				}
-			} else if (args.length == 3 && args[2].toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).equals("modify1")) {
+			} else if (args.length == 3 && args[2].equalsIgnoreCase("modify1")) {
 				// delete row 0-24, row 74 - 99 && change cell 3 on row 39 to string "MODIFIED CELL!!"
 
 				HSSFWorkbook wb = HSSFReadWrite.readFile(fileName);
-				FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(args[1]);
-				HSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
+				try {
+					HSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
 
-				for (int k = 0; k < 25; k++) {
-					HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(k);
+					for (int k = 0; k < 25; k++) {
+						HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(k);
 
-					sheet.removeRow(row);
+						sheet.removeRow(row);
+					}
+					for (int k = 74; k < 100; k++) {
+						HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(k);
+
+						sheet.removeRow(row);
+					}
+					HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(39);
+					HSSFCell cell = row.getCell(3);
+					cell.setCellValue("MODIFIED CELL!!!!!");
+
+					FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(args[1]);
+					try {
+						wb.write(stream);
+					} finally {
+						stream.close();
+					}
+				} finally {
+					wb.close();
 				}
-				for (int k = 74; k < 100; k++) {
-					HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(k);
-
-					sheet.removeRow(row);
-				}
-				HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(39);
-				HSSFCell cell = row.getCell(3);
-				cell.setCellValue("MODIFIED CELL!!!!!");
-
-				wb.write(stream);
-				stream.close();
-				wb.close();
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/WSBoolRecord.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/WSBoolRecord.java
index 78185c1df8..b3659db994 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/WSBoolRecord.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/WSBoolRecord.java
@@ -283,33 +283,19 @@ public final class WSBoolRecord extends StandardRecord {
     }
 
     // end bitfields
-    public String toString()
-    {
-        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
-
-        buffer.append("[WSBOOL]\n");
-        buffer.append("    .wsbool1        = ")
-            .append(Integer.toHexString(getWSBool1())).append("\n");
-        buffer.append("        .autobreaks = ").append(getAutobreaks())
-            .append("\n");
-        buffer.append("        .dialog     = ").append(getDialog())
-            .append("\n");
-        buffer.append("        .rowsumsbelw= ").append(getRowSumsBelow())
-            .append("\n");
-        buffer.append("        .rowsumsrigt= ").append(getRowSumsRight())
-            .append("\n");
-        buffer.append("    .wsbool2        = ")
-            .append(Integer.toHexString(getWSBool2())).append("\n");
-        buffer.append("        .fittopage  = ").append(getFitToPage())
-            .append("\n");
-        buffer.append("        .displayguts= ").append(getDisplayGuts())
-            .append("\n");
-        buffer.append("        .alternateex= ")
-            .append(getAlternateExpression()).append("\n");
-        buffer.append("        .alternatefo= ").append(getAlternateFormula())
-            .append("\n");
-        buffer.append("[/WSBOOL]\n");
-        return buffer.toString();
+    public String toString() {
+        return "[WSBOOL]\n" +
+                "    .wsbool1        = " + Integer.toHexString(getWSBool1()) + "\n" +
+                "        .autobreaks = " + getAutobreaks() + "\n" +
+                "        .dialog     = " + getDialog() + "\n" +
+                "        .rowsumsbelw= " + getRowSumsBelow() + "\n" +
+                "        .rowsumsrigt= " + getRowSumsRight() + "\n" +
+                "    .wsbool2        = " + Integer.toHexString(getWSBool2()) + "\n" +
+                "        .fittopage  = " + getFitToPage() + "\n" +
+                "        .displayguts= " + getDisplayGuts() + "\n" +
+                "        .alternateex= " + getAlternateExpression() + "\n" +
+                "        .alternatefo= " + getAlternateFormula() + "\n" +
+                "[/WSBOOL]\n";
     }
 
     public void serialize(LittleEndianOutput out) {
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java
index 981cbd4829..a95ea239a2 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java
@@ -908,13 +908,12 @@ public class HSSFCell implements Cell {
             case ERROR:
                 return (( BoolErrRecord ) _record).getErrorValue();
             case FORMULA:
-                break;
+                FormulaRecord fr = ((FormulaRecordAggregate)_record).getFormulaRecord();
+                checkFormulaCachedValueType(CellType.ERROR, fr);
+                return (byte) fr.getCachedErrorValue();
             default:
                 throw typeMismatch(CellType.ERROR, _cellType, false);
         }
-        FormulaRecord fr = ((FormulaRecordAggregate)_record).getFormulaRecord();
-        checkFormulaCachedValueType(CellType.ERROR, fr);
-        return (byte) fr.getCachedErrorValue();
     }
 
     /**