Glossary

Term	Definition
Accent colour	The colour from which a preset derives its tones.
Application converter	A converter registered for a type, applied to every column of that type or of its subtypes, in every sheet class.
Application defaults	The SheetsmithDefaults of a generator: default formats, preset and accent colour.
Cascade	The fixed order in which styles are laid on top of each other, attribute by attribute, to obtain the effective style of a cell.
Cell value	A CellValue: what a converter returns and the library writes.
Column	A field annotated with @ExcelColumn.
Converter	An implementation of CellConverter, turning a field value into a cell value.
Data row	A row produced by one element of the data list, numbered from 1.
Effective style	The result of the cascade for one cell.
Field converter	A converter declared on one column with @ExcelColumn.converter.
Frame	The outer border drawn with @ExcelSheet.outerBorder.
Generator	An instance of Sheetsmith.
Named style	A set of formatting attributes declared with @ExcelStyle and identified by its name.
Preset	A ready-made table style generated from an accent colour.
Role	The position of a cell in the table (odd or even row, first or last row, first or last column), which selects the slots that apply.
Sheet class	A class annotated with @ExcelSheet, describing one table.
Slot	A place where a named style is applied, by name.
Style sheet	A class annotated with @ExcelStyleSheet that holds shared named styles.
Unset	The default value of a style attribute, which overrides nothing.