Word Files in Java

Hi everybody,
I know this question has probably been asked a zillion and one times before, but I think I might be putting a bit of a new spin on it.
Anyway, I was looking at the Jakarta API's to read and write Microsoft Word Files in Java, and I couldn't make heads or tails of them. Since they have packages you import, though, that means that there must be some Java solution to the problem. So, my question is this--does anyone here know of any Java stream classes, depreciated or otherwise, that can read Microsoft Word's encoding? I've heard rumors that some depreciated classes might be able to do the job; if I'm just completely wrong I'd appreciate it if someone would correct me so I'm not clinging to false hope. Failing an answer to that question, does anyone know if it's possible to get source code of the Jakarta packages?
Thanks,
Jezzica85

Thanks TuringPest,
I feel a bit stupid for saying this, but I can't make any sense of their source code either or tell which files are supposed to be for Microsoft Word; maybe it's just because of how it's written.
What exactly does a proprietary format mean? I think I've heard the term, but I'm not sure.
I'm starting to think my idea of writing some of my own code is too ambitious, but I thought this might be simple. All I want to do is get text out of a Word file, I don't want to open a file to edit it, and I don't care about formatting. Maybe if I understood the file format I could get myself started, I hope I don't sound like a broken record.
Actually, I've written a macro into Microsoft Word that saves as a text file, so I can do it that way, I was just hoping there might be an easier way so I wouldn't need to deal with the extra file--is this probably the best way to go anyway?
Thanks again,
Jezzica85
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