Package com.google.zxing

Interface Writer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AztecWriter, CodaBarWriter, Code128Writer, Code39Writer, Code93Writer, DataMatrixWriter, EAN13Writer, EAN8Writer, ITFWriter, MultiFormatWriter, OneDimensionalCodeWriter, PDF417Writer, QRCodeWriter, UPCAWriter, UPCEANWriter, UPCEWriter

public interface Writer

The base class for all objects which encode/generate a barcode image.

Author:

dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
BitMatrix	encode(String contents, BarcodeFormat format, int width, int height)	Encode a barcode using the default settings.
BitMatrix	encode(String contents, BarcodeFormat format, int width, int height, Map<EncodeHintType,?> hints)

Method Details

encode

BitMatrix encode(String contents,
 BarcodeFormat format,
 int width,
 int height)
          throws WriterException

Encode a barcode using the default settings.

Parameters:

contents - The contents to encode in the barcode

format - The barcode format to generate

width - The preferred width in pixels

height - The preferred height in pixels

Returns:

BitMatrix representing encoded barcode image

Throws:

WriterException - if contents cannot be encoded legally in a format

encode

BitMatrix encode(String contents,
 BarcodeFormat format,
 int width,
 int height,
 Map<EncodeHintType,?> hints)
          throws WriterException

Parameters:

contents - The contents to encode in the barcode

format - The barcode format to generate

width - The preferred width in pixels

height - The preferred height in pixels

hints - Additional parameters to supply to the encoder

Returns:

BitMatrix representing encoded barcode image

Throws:

WriterException - if contents cannot be encoded legally in a format