Complex conditionals in JXLS-Reader loopbreakcondition

I need some help using the jxls-reader(http://jxls.sourceforge.net/reference/reader.html).

I am comfortable with looping a sheet where one row represents a particular java object, but in the case of nested loops I am stumped.

I need to map the above excel sheet to the following pojo:

class Student {
    private String name;
    private String dob;
    private List<Class> class;
    //getters & setters
}

class Class {
    private String name;
    private String link;
    //getters & setters
}

My problem is defining the lookbreakcondition to read the inner object. Notice that the loopbreakcondition for the Class object requires something along the following lines:

• The first cell of the next row is non-empty OR
• The first cell of the next row is empty AND the next cell of the current column is empty (for breaking the last row)

How do I express the above boolean condition in the loopbreakcondition. I have the following but I know it is wrong:

<workbook>
    <worksheet name="Students">
        <section startRow="0" endRow="0">
            <!--Empty Header Section-->
        </section>
        <loop startRow="1" endRow="1" items="students" var="student" varType="com.test.Student">
            <section startRow="1" endRow="1">
                <mapping row="1" col="0">student.name</mapping>
                <mapping row="1" col="1">student.dob</mapping>
            </section>
            <loopbreakcondition>
                <rowcheck offset="0">
                    <cellcheck offset="0"> <!--Breaks on next empty cell--></cellcheck>
                </rowcheck>
            </loopbreakcondition>

            <loop startRow="1" endRow="1" items="student.class" var="class" varType="com.test.Class">
                <section startRow="1" endRow="1">
                    <mapping row="1" col="2">class.name</mapping>
                    <mapping row="1" col="3">class.link</mapping>
                </section>
                <loopbreakcondition>
                    <rowcheck offset="0">
                        <cellcheck offset="0"> </cellcheck>
                    </rowcheck>
                </loopbreakcondition>
            </loop>
        </loop>
    </worksheet>
</workbook>

Is this even possible?
Are there any other libraries that will help me achieve this?
Or am I better off writing my own parser using apache-poi?

Thank You.

you can use the apache-poi for read excel(xls or xlsx(XSSF)) file. for more info, apache-poi documentation, Apache POI-HSSF vs POI-XSSF. changed the class name of Class to StudentClass in following example. because class is a keyword in java

try with following solution,

Studnet.java

public class Student {
private String name;
private Date dob; //as per given excel file, dob is a date format
private ArrayList<StudentClass> studentClassList;
//getters & setters
}

StudentClass.java

public class StudentClass {
private String name;
private String link;
//getters & setters
}

ExcelFileReader.java

public class ExcelFileReader() {
private String studentName; //for store the previous student name
private List<Student> listStudent; //for collect the students
public void readData() {
listStudent = new ArrayList<Student>();
studentName = "";
FileInputStream excelFile = new FileInputStream(new File(INPUT_EXCEL_FILE_NAME));
Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(excelFile); //create the workbook using input excel file
Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0); //get the first sheet of excel file
int rowCount = sheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows(); //get the row count
for(int i = 1; i < rowCount; i++) { //i initialized with 1 for exclude the first row(first row id is 0 and it hold the column names)
if(rowCount>1){ //ignore the first row. because at this time no any student created
listStudent.add(student); //add student into student list
//you can use the created student in here as per your requirement
}
Row currentRow = sheet.getRow(i); //get current row
if(!studentName.equals(currentRow.getCell(0).getStringCellValue())){ //if not equals current student name with previous student name then create new student entry
Student student = new Student();
student.setName(currentRow.getCell(0).getStringCellValue()); //first cell id is 0
studnet.setDob(currentRow.getCell(1).getDateCellValue()); //second cell id is 1
studentName = student.getName(); //assign the current student name to studentName variable for future validation
if(!currentRow.getCell(2).getStringCellValue().equals(null) && !currentRow.getCell(2).getStringCellValue().equals("")){ //check the student has a class at same row(first row with new student entry)
StudentClass studentClass = new StudentClass();
studentClass.setName(currentRow.getCell(2).getStringCellValue()); //third cell id is 2
studentClass.setLink(currentRow.getCell(3).getStringCellValue());
student.getStudentClassList.add(studentClass); //add relevant StudnetClass into StudentClassList of Student. please initialized the StudentClassList in StudentClass
}
}else{ //this code block execute when student has more than one class
StudentClass studentClass = new StudentClass();
studentClass.setName(currentRow.getCell(2).getStringCellValue());
studentClass.setLink(currentRow.getCell(3).getStringCellValue());
student.getStudentClassList.add(studentClass);
}
}
}
}