title: Choosing an excel java api
body: <p>All I need to do is open an MS excel sheet - not sure which kind yet (2003, 2007, etc.) - and parse the information in each row into an object. I'm performing only readonly operations.</p>
  
  <p>out of <a href="http://poi.apache.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Apache POI</a>, <a href="http://jexcelapi.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JExcelAPI</a>, or <a href="http://www.extentech.com/estore/product_detail.jsp?product_group_id=228" rel="nofollow noreferrer">OpenXLS</a> which is best for this task?</p>
  
  <p>I'd rather not find out about anymore api's but if you're certain that none of these are the best then I'll take your input.</p>