com.google.zxing

Interface Writer

All Known Implementing Classes:

QRCodeWriter

public interface Writer

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

Author:

[email protected] (Daniel Switkin)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BitMatrix	encode(String contents, BarcodeFormat format, int multiple) Encode a barcode using the default settings.
BitMatrix	encode(String contents, BarcodeFormat format, int multiple, Hashtable hints)

Method Detail

encode

BitMatrix encode(String contents,
                 BarcodeFormat format,
                 int multiple)
          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 Matrix of unsigned bytes (0 == black, 255 == white)

Throws:

WriterException

encode

BitMatrix encode(String contents,
                 BarcodeFormat format,
                 int multiple,
                 Hashtable 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:

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

Throws:

WriterException