com.google.zxing
Interface Writer

All Known Subinterfaces:

UPCEANWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

MultiFormatWriter, AbstractUPCEANWriter, Code128Writer, Code39Writer, EAN13Writer, EAN8Writer, ITFWriter, UPCAWriter

public interface Writer

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

Since:

BlackBerry API 6.0.0

Method Summary
ByteMatrix	encode(String contents, BarcodeFormat format, int width, int height) Encode a barcode using the default settings.
ByteMatrix	encode(String contents, BarcodeFormat format, int width, int height, Hashtable hints) Encode a barcode using the provided parameters.

Method Detail

encode

ByteMatrix 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:

The generated barcode as a ByteMatrix of unsigned bytes (0 == black, 255 == white)

Throws:

WriterException

Since:

BlackBerry API 6.0.0

encode

ByteMatrix encode(String contents,
                  BarcodeFormat format,
                  int width,
                  int height,
                  Hashtable hints)
                  throws WriterException

Encode a barcode using the provided parameters.

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:

The generated barcode as a ByteMatrix of unsigned bytes (0 == black, 255 == white)

Throws:

WriterException

Since:

BlackBerry API 6.0.0