private Collection<Object[]> loadFromSpreadsheet(final InputStream excelFile) throws IOException {
HSSFWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(excelFile);
data = new ArrayList<Object[]>();
Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
int numberOfColumns = countNonEmptyColumns(sheet);
List<Object[]> rows = new ArrayList<Object[]>();
List<Object> rowData = new ArrayList<Object>();
for (Row row : sheet) {
if (isEmpty(row)) {
break;
} else {
rowData.clear();
for (int column = 0; column < numberOfColumns; column++) {
Cell cell = row.getCell(column);
rowData.add(objectFrom(workbook, cell));
}
rows.add(rowData.toArray());
}
}
return rows;
}
private boolean isEmpty(final Row row) {
Cell firstCell = row.getCell(0);
boolean rowIsEmpty = (firstCell == null) || (firstCell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK);
return rowIsEmpty;
}