com.google.zxing
Interface Writer

All Known Implementing Classes:

CodaBarWriter, Code128Writer, Code39Writer, EAN13Writer, EAN8Writer, ITFWriter, MultiFormatWriter, OneDimensionalCodeWriter, PDF417Writer, QRCodeWriter, UPCAWriter, UPCEANWriter

public interface Writer

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

Author:

dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin)

Method Summary

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 Detail

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

Throws:

WriterException

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

Throws:

WriterException