## Aspose.Email Java for Apache POI SM

Aspose.Email Java for Apache POI SM is a project to provide comparative source code examples to do the same file processing tasks using Aspose.Email for Java API and Apache POI. Additionally, this project provides source code examples for advanced features offered by Aspose which are missing in Apache POI.

Below are some code comparisons and features of Aspose.Email for Java that are not available in Apache POI.

* [Code Comparison for common features in **Aspose.Email** and **Apache POI SM**](https://docs.aspose.com/display/emailjava/Code+Comparison+for+Common+Features+in+Aspose.Email+and+Apache+POI+HSMF)
* [Missing Features of Apache POI SM available in Aspose.Email](https://docs.aspose.com/display/emailjava/Missing+Features+in+Apache+POI+HSMF)

These examples are helpful for developers who want to compare Apache POI with Aspose.Email OR migrate from Apache POI to Aspose.

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## Why Aspose for Apache POI ?

The developers looking for file format libraries may need to walk through the features provided by the libraries available on the market. Mainly, two factors are considered when choosing an option:

* Features
* Efforts required to use the library

If you are a Java developer looking to choose a file format library to process word files, you may want to compare Apache POI SM SDK with Aspose.Email for Java. In this case, this project will help you to compare features and code in both libraries. Please visit project documentation for a comprehensive comparison.

## What is Apache POI ?

The Apache POI Project's mission is to create and maintain Java APIs for manipulating various file formats based upon the Office Open XML standards (OOXML) and Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format (OLE2). In short, you can read and write MS Outlook files using Java.

Read More at [poi.apache.org](http://poi.apache.org/)

## What is the use of Aspose Java Products?

Aspose are file format experts and provide APIs and components for various file formats including MS Office, OpenOffice, PDF and Image formats. 

These APIs are available on a number of development platforms including Java. If you are a Java developer, you can use Aspose native Java APIs in your Java applications to process various file formats in just a few lines of codes. 

All the Aspose APIs don’t have any dependency over any other engine. For example, you don’t need to have MS Office installed on the server to process MS Office files. Below you can read mor about Aspose.Email for Java:

### Aspose.Email for Java

[![Aspose.Email for Java](http://www.aspose.com/App_Themes/V2/images/productLogos/JAVA/aspose_email-for-java.jpg)](https://www.aspose.com/products/email/java)

Aspose.Email for Java is a Java class library that enables Java applications to read and write email message files in various formats without Microsoft Outlook.

It provides classes to read and update MSG,EML,EMLX,OFT files, add/remove attachments and recipients, update subject, body and other MSG file properties.

[Learn More](https://www.aspose.com/products/email/java)


