# Import and use POI Java

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-and-use-poi-java/20794>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 13, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-and-use-poi-java/20794 "2018-11-13T07:15:30Z")\
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You won’t be able to do that, ClassLoaders delegate to parent first, you’re always going to load the older, provided version instead.

You might be able to replace the JARs included with Ignition but there’s no guarantee it won’t break something.

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