Unmarsahll Excel file using Reflection

I am doing some automation tests and we are using Excel files for Data Driven testing. I would like to create a utility to unmarshall an Excel file into a Java object, similar to how JAXB works. What I would like is a custom Java annotation , like @ExcelColumn(name = "name"), then based on the mapping I would give that excel file path to a method to call the setters based on corresponding column names.

For example:

Excel File:

firstName lastName

James Bond

John Doe

Java Object:

public class Person {
   @ExcelColumn(name = "firstName")
   private String firstName;
   @ExcelColumn(name = "lastName")
   private String lastName;


  //getters and setters

}

Parse Excel:

List<Person> people = ExcelUnmarshaller.unmarshall("C:\people.xls", Person.class);
//people.get(0).getFirstName would equal "James"

Does anyone know of a utility like this wrapped around Apache Poi and/or does anyone know exactly how I could do this? I would have to know how I can call the setter on a property and then how I could do non string types, like if it is an integer, and then how I could go about doing nested objects. (I think I could use dot notation in excel column, to denote child object, example: person.address.streetName)

Thanks for any help