How to read .xls file in Java

Need to download dependency JXL

http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|net.sourceforge.jexcelapi|jxl|2.6.12|jar

 ...
 <dependency>
        <groupId>net.sourceforge.jexcelapi</groupId>
        <artifactId>jxl</artifactId>
        <version>2.6.12</version>
 </dependency>
....

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import jxl.Sheet;
import jxl.Workbook;
import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class MyDataProvider {

    public Object[][] ReadDataFromExcelFile(String filePath, String sheetName, int columnSize) throws IOException, BiffException {

        //I want to open excel file
        Workbook workbookObj = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File(filePath));

        //I want to open sheet
        Sheet sheetObj = workbookObj.getSheet(sheetName);

        //I want to know rowCount
        int rowSize = sheetObj.getRows() - 1; // Remove Header Row

        //Need to return Object[][] object
        Object[][] data = new Object[rowSize][columnSize];

        //Read One by one Cell info add store in data
        for (int i = 0; i < rowSize; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < columnSize; j++) {
                data[i][j] = sheetObj.getCell(j, i + 1).getContents();
            }
        }

        return data;
    }
}