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Purpose

Cell style updates should not depend on the order in which cell addresses are added. The editor queues the requested changes and applies them when Save is called.

Closes #187.

Usage

using System.Drawing;
using MiniExcelLib;
using MiniExcelLib.OpenXml;

MiniExcel.Editors.GetOpenXmlEditor(path)
    .UpdateCellStyle("A1", style => style.FontColor = Color.Red)
    .UpdateCellStyle("X100", style => style.FontColor = Color.Blue)
    .Save();

Use the optional sheetName argument to select a worksheet. If the same cell is updated more than once, the last update wins. Existing number formats, fills, borders, and alignment are preserved.

What changed?

  • Add MiniExcel.Editors.GetOpenXmlEditor for file paths and seekable streams.
  • Add UpdateCellStyle, Save, and SaveAsync.
  • Resolve queued updates before writing, then rewrite target worksheets with a forward-only XML reader and writer.
  • Copy other ZIP entries directly to a temporary workbook and replace the source only after a successful save.
  • Reject invalid cell references, missing cells, and macro-enabled workbooks.
  • Document the API and add focused tests.

Verification

  • dotnet test tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests.csproj --framework net8.0 --filter FullyQualifiedName~OpenXmlEditorTests --no-restore --verbosity minimal: 5 tests passed.
  • dotnet build src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/MiniExcel.OpenXml.csproj --no-restore --framework netstandard2.0 --verbosity minimal: succeeded.

Large workbook check

The test updates A1 and J100000 in the repository's Test100,000x10.xlsx fixture (100,000 rows, 10 columns, 3.40 MiB), then saves the workbook.

Environment: Windows, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (6 cores / 12 threads), 64 GiB RAM, .NET 10.0.3, ClosedXML 0.105.0. Each implementation ran in a fresh Release process five times with alternating order. File copying and output validation were outside the timed section.

Implementation Median elapsed Managed allocation Peak working set
MiniExcel editor 2,536.4 ms 98.9 MiB 55.1 MiB
ClosedXML 10,409.4 ms 2,015.7 MiB 851.0 MiB

In this local test, the MiniExcel editor was 4.10x faster, allocated 95.1% less managed memory, and used 93.5% less peak working set than ClosedXML.

The streaming rewrite also reduced the editor's peak working set from 579.7 MiB to 55.1 MiB compared with the previous implementation. Managed allocation fell from 729.4 MiB to 98.9 MiB, and median elapsed time fell from 3,513.6 ms to 2,536.4 ms.

These are local measurements, not CI guarantees. Managed allocation is cumulative allocation from GC.GetTotalAllocatedBytes; peak working set is the process peak and includes the .NET runtime.

Compatibility

This is an opt-in API for existing XLSX cells. Macro-enabled workbooks are rejected. Existing import, export, and template APIs are unchanged.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added workbook editing through an editor pipeline for updating cell font colors.
    • Supports chained edits across worksheets, with changes applied when saved.
    • Repeated updates to the same cell use the most recent value.
    • Added validation for invalid cell references and protection against partial updates when saving fails.
  • Documentation

    • Moved cell-style editing guidance from the Quickstart to a dedicated “Editing existing workbooks” section.
    • Updated CSV configuration terminology and refreshed API examples.

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The PR adds a queued OpenXML cell-style editing pipeline. It exposes editor providers, supports stream and path entry points, rewrites font colors in workbooks, adds validation tests, and updates the documentation.

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Cell style editing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Editor API and style contract
src/MiniExcel.Core/..., src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Styles/OpenXmlCellStyle.cs, src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Api/ProviderExtensions.cs
Adds editor providers, exposes Editors on both API classes, adds OpenXmlCellStyle.FontColor, and changes editor creation to a parameterless factory.
Editing pipeline entry points
src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Api/OpenXmlEditor.cs, src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Editor/OpenXmlEditingPipeline.cs
Replaces direct editor saves with path- or stream-based pipelines. The pipeline queues style updates and saves them asynchronously.
Workbook update and save processing
src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Editor/OpenXmlEditorInternals.cs
Validates references and streams, resolves worksheets, rewrites affected worksheet and style entries, preserves the original workbook on failed saves, and manages stream ownership.
Behavior validation and documentation
tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests/Editor/*, README_V2.md
Tests update ordering, repeated-cell behavior, worksheet targeting, style preservation, invalid references, and failed saves. The documentation describes the editing workflow and renames the CSV empty-field configuration property.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: michelebastione

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant OpenXmlEditor
  participant OpenXmlEditingPipeline
  participant OpenXmlEditorInternals
  participant WorkbookArchive
  Caller->>OpenXmlEditor: StartEditingPipeline(path or stream)
  OpenXmlEditor->>OpenXmlEditingPipeline: Create pipeline
  Caller->>OpenXmlEditingPipeline: UpdateCellStyle(cellReference, FontColor)
  OpenXmlEditingPipeline->>OpenXmlEditorInternals: Queue update
  Caller->>OpenXmlEditingPipeline: SaveChangesAsync()
  OpenXmlEditorInternals->>WorkbookArchive: Read workbook and styles
  WorkbookArchive-->>OpenXmlEditorInternals: Worksheet and style entries
  OpenXmlEditorInternals->>WorkbookArchive: Rewrite affected entries
  OpenXmlEditorInternals-->>Caller: Persist updated workbook
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The editor examples may not compile as documented, and the CSV description omits a typed-query outcome; these are bounded documentation issues that should be corrected.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning Issue #187 requires SaveAs support for cell style editing and relates to custom cell styles, including text colors. The PR adds OpenXmlCellStyle.FontColor, queues updates, preserves existing styles,… Add a public SaveAs operation with a distinct destination path or equivalent destination-stream semantics. Add an automated test that saves a styled workbook to a different destination and verifies the source workbook remains unchanged.
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The editor API, font-color style support, editor tests, and editor documentation implement Issue #187. The README_V2.md change that renames the CSV configuration property from `ReadEmptyStringAsNull… Move the unrelated CSV documentation change to a separate pull request, or remove it from this pull request. Keep the editor documentation changes.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 14.58% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 48 functions across 11 files. (1 skipped:… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: deferred cell-style updates through the new editing pipeline.
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Explanation

Issue #187 requires SaveAs support for cell style editing and relates to custom cell styles, including text colors. The PR adds OpenXmlCellStyle.FontColor, queues updates, preserves existing styles, and provides synchronous and asynchronous saves for paths and streams. OpenXmlEditor.StartEditingPipeline(string path) opens and replaces the source file. No API accepts a distinct destination path, and the tests do not verify SaveAs while preserving the source file.

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The editor API, font-color style support, editor tests, and editor documentation implement Issue #187. The README_V2.md change that renames the CSV configuration property from ReadEmptyStringAsNull to ReadEmptyFieldsAsDefault does not implement cell style editing or SaveAs support.

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Docstring coverage is 14.58% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 48 functions across 11 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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@michelebastione good day Michele, can you please help to review? 🙌

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There's a couple minor adjustments I have in mind, I'll think it through and submit them as soon as I can.

- Separated the API from the implementation details by moving the latters from `OpenXmlEditor` to `OpenXmlEditorInternals`
- Moved the builder pattern to the intermediate class `OpenXmlEditingPipeline` to facilitate handling the resources and adding new features
- Added proper synchronous implementation via the `SyncMethodGenerator`
- Ajusted tests to reflect the changes

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🟡 Minor · Use the current editing pipeline API. · README_V2.md:179-182

README_V2.md:179-182
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Use the current editing pipeline API.

GetOpenXmlEditor takes no path and returns an OpenXmlEditor. The path must be passed to StartEditingPipeline, and the pipeline uses SaveChanges, not Save.

MiniExcelV2.Editors.GetOpenXmlEditor()
    .StartEditingPipeline(path)
    .UpdateCellStyle("A1", style => style.FontColor = Color.Red)
    .UpdateCellStyle("X100", style => style.FontColor = Color.Blue)
    .SaveChanges();
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editor.StartEditingPipeline(path)
.UpdateCellStyle("A1", style => style.FontColor = Color.Red)
.UpdateCellStyle("X100", style => style.FontColor = Color.Blue)
.Save();

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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rg -n -C 4 '\b(Save|SaveChanges|SaveAsync|SaveChangesAsync)\s*\(' \
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printf '%s\n' '--- declaration and save members ---'
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Use SaveChanges() for the editor pipeline.

StartEditingPipeline(...) returns OpenXmlEditingPipeline, which exposes SaveChanges() and SaveChangesAsync(). It does not expose Save(). Replace .Save() with .SaveChanges().

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