Re: Design and Implementation Question - related to DRILL-3738

2015-09-15 Thread Abdel Hakim Deneche
Hi Edmon, So basically you want to read/write data from/to Excel files. I guess you'd have to add a Format Plugin that extends from EasyFormatPlugin. I don't think we have proper documentation to explain how to do it, but you can look at how JSONFormatPlugin is implemented. Thanks On Mon, Sep 14

Re: Design and Implementation Question - related to DRILL-3738

2015-09-14 Thread Edmon Begoli
(I know it is busy time with a release, but please don't forget to address this inquiry once the release rush is over.) I am working on Excel and EDI pieces, and given that Excel is easier, I really want to start moving forward and contribute plug in. I just need some serious direction. We can als

Design and Implementation Question - related to DRILL-3738

2015-09-14 Thread Edmon Begoli
I want to implement a support for Excel files, both .xls and .xlsx, through Apache POI which will give me access to Java objects including column names, column values and it will expose the set of types supports. (I recorded this issue here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-3738) In ot