How to update an excel dynamically in java

I am designing stock market predictor wherein the user is supposed 开发者_如何学Goto update his database of historical indexes through the web. I want to just add the new data to the TOP of my excel file. not Bottom but on Top of my file. Now i know i can make a copy and modify that copy and the regular stuff. How to do i avoid this complicated steps and do in few steps instead? is it possible to do this without making a copy

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Apache POI's Sheet objects have a shiftRows method you could use to do this. Here's an example from the Busy Developers' Guide to HSSF and XSSF Features:

• Shift rows up or down on a sheet
• shiftRows API documentation

Here's an answer with some sample code:

• How to create new rows in apache poi 3.6?

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Why not update a .csv (which is easier) and at the end after all updates are done, convert it to .xls