setCellType(CellType.STRING) is deprecated

Issue: setCellType is deprecated.

 row.getCell(0, Row.MissingCellPolicy.CREATE_NULL_AS_BLANK).setCellType(CellType.STRING);

So far tried:

Searched for replacement. No useful sources for setting a cell type as STRING. Appreciate help!

Before:

       row.getCell(0, Row.MissingCellPolicy.CREATE_NULL_AS_BLANK).setCellType(                                
       contentValues.put(ITEMCODE, row.getCell(0, Row.MissingCellPolicy.CREATE_NULL_AS_BLANK).getStringCellValue());

After:

InputStream strm =getClass().getResourceAsStream("Sample.xls"));
Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(strm);
DataFormatter Stringform = new DataFormatter();
FormulaEvaluator Formeval = new HSSFFormulaEvaluator((HSSFWorkbook) wb);

Sheet sheet= wb.getSheetAt(0);
Iterator<Row> rit = sheet.rowIterator();

while(rit.hasNext()){

    Row row = rit.next();
    Cell cellValue = row.getCell(0);
    Formeval.evaluate(row.getCell(0)); // Returns string
    String cellValueStr = Stringform.formatCellValue(row.getCell(0),Formeval);
    
    ContentValues contentValues = new ContentValues();

    contentValues.put(DNNO, Stringform.formatCellValue(row.getCell(0, Row.MissingCellPolicy.CREATE_NULL_AS_BLANK),Formeval));
                                                                 
}