com.lowagie.text.pdf

Class BarcodeEANSUPP

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.Barcode

com.lowagie.text.pdf.BarcodeEANSUPP

public class BarcodeEANSUPP
extends Barcode

This class takes 2 barcodes, an EAN/UPC and a supplemental and creates a single barcode with both combined in the expected layout. The UPC/EAN should have a positive text baseline and the supplemental a negative one (in the supplemental the text is on the top of the barcode.

The default parameters are:

n = 8; // horizontal distance between the two barcodes
 

Author:

Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Barcode	ean The barcode with the EAN/UPC.
protected Barcode	supp The barcode with the supplemental.

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.Barcode

altText, barHeight, baseline, checksumText, CODABAR, code, CODE128, CODE128_RAW, CODE128_UCC, codeType, EAN13, EAN8, extended, font, generateChecksum, guardBars, inkSpreading, n, PLANET, POSTNET, size, startStopText, SUPP2, SUPP5, textAlignment, UPCA, UPCE, x

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BarcodeEANSUPP(Barcode ean, Barcode supp) Creates new combined barcode.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Image	createAwtImage(Color foreground, Color background) Creates a java.awt.Image.
Rectangle	getBarcodeSize() Gets the maximum area that the barcode and the text, if any, will occupy.
Rectangle	placeBarcode(PdfContentByte cb, Color barColor, Color textColor) Places the barcode in a PdfContentByte.

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.Barcode

createImageWithBarcode, createTemplateWithBarcode, getAltText, getBarHeight, getBaseline, getCode, getCodeType, getFont, getInkSpreading, getN, getSize, getTextAlignment, getX, isChecksumText, isExtended, isGenerateChecksum, isGuardBars, isStartStopText, setAltText, setBarHeight, setBaseline, setChecksumText, setCode, setCodeType, setExtended, setFont, setGenerateChecksum, setGuardBars, setInkSpreading, setN, setSize, setStartStopText, setTextAlignment, setX

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ean

protected Barcode ean

The barcode with the EAN/UPC.

supp

protected Barcode supp

The barcode with the supplemental.

Constructor Detail

BarcodeEANSUPP

public BarcodeEANSUPP(Barcode ean,
                      Barcode supp)

Creates new combined barcode.

Parameters:

ean - the EAN/UPC barcode

supp - the supplemental barcode

Method Detail

getBarcodeSize

public Rectangle getBarcodeSize()

Gets the maximum area that the barcode and the text, if any, will occupy. The lower left corner is always (0, 0).

Specified by:

getBarcodeSize in class Barcode

Returns:

the size the barcode occupies.

placeBarcode

public Rectangle placeBarcode(PdfContentByte cb,
                              Color barColor,
                              Color textColor)

Places the barcode in a PdfContentByte. The barcode is always placed at coordinates (0, 0). Use the translation matrix to move it elsewhere.

The bars and text are written in the following colors:

barColor	textColor	Result
null	null	bars and text painted with current fill color
barColor	null	bars and text painted with barColor
null	textColor	bars painted with current color text painted with textColor
barColor	textColor	bars painted with barColor text painted with textColor

Specified by:

placeBarcode in class Barcode

Parameters:

cb - the PdfContentByte where the barcode will be placed

barColor - the color of the bars. It can be null

textColor - the color of the text. It can be null

Returns:

the dimensions the barcode occupies

createAwtImage

public Image createAwtImage(Color foreground,
                            Color background)

Creates a java.awt.Image. This image only contains the bars without any text.

Specified by:

createAwtImage in class Barcode

Parameters:

foreground - the color of the bars

background - the color of the background

Returns:

the image