org.springframework.batch.item.excel.poi.PoiItemReader cannot be resolved - spring

Question

i am unable to import org.springframework.batch.item.excel.poi.PoiItemReader. it shows the following error.
My error:
My Pom File:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.1.5.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.poc.springbatch.poc</groupId>
<artifactId>SpringBatch</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>SpringBatch</name>
<description>Spring Batch</description>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-batch</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-batch-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-batch-infrastructure</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
the import org.springframework.batch.item.excel.poi.PoiItemReader cannot be resolved. i clearly mentioned required dependencies in my pom file.
do i need to add any other dependency?

Answer 1

No, You don't need other dependencies.
The issue is that spring-batch-excel is not present in remote maven repository. So you need to install it manually in your local maven cache.
To do that:
1. Check out the sources of spring batch extenstion
git clone git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions.git
2. Go into the directory of a spring-batch-excel module
cd spring-batch-extensions
cd spring-batch-excel
3. Compile and test, build all jars
mvn clean package
4. Install the modules jars into your local Maven cache
mvn install
Now spring-batch-excel is present in your local maven cache.
Source: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions

Answer 2

You need the spring batch extention for excel. refer to link

Answer 3

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.batch.extensions</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-batch-excel</artifactId>
<version>0.1.0</version>
</dependency>
Above dependency is correct for Excel PoiItemReader.