Bar Code generation with iText.jar

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package barcode;

/**
*
* @author amber imam
*/


import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Image;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.Barcode;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.Barcode128;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.Barcode39;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BarcodeCodabar;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BarcodeEAN;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BarcodeEANSUPP;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BarcodeInter25;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BarcodePDF417;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BarcodePostnet;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

/**
* This example was written by Bruno Lowagie. It is part of the book 'iText in
* Action' by Manning Publications.
* ISBN: 1932394796
* http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
* http://www.manning.com/lowagie/
*/

public class Barcodes {

/**
* Generates a PDF file with different types of barcodes.
*
* @param args
* no arguments needed here
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Chapter 5: example Barcodes");
System.out.println("-> Creates a PDF file with barcodes.");
System.out.println("-> jars needed: iText.jar");
System.out.println("-> resulting PDF: barcodes.pdf");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document();
try {
// step 2:
// we create a writer
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(
// that listens to the document
document,
// and directs a PDF-stream to a file
new FileOutputStream("barcodes.pdf"));
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4: we add a paragraph to the document
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();

// EAN 13
document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode EAN.UCC-13"));
BarcodeEAN codeEAN = new BarcodeEAN();
codeEAN.setCode("4512345678906");
Paragraph p = new Paragraph("default: ");
p.add(new Chunk(codeEAN.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null), 0,
-5));
codeEAN.setGuardBars(false);
p.add(" without guard bars: ");
p.add(new Chunk(codeEAN.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null), 0,
-5));
codeEAN.setBaseline(-1f);
codeEAN.setGuardBars(true);
p.add(" text above: ");
p.add(new Chunk(codeEAN.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null), 0,
-5));
p.setLeading(codeEAN.getBarHeight());
document.add(p);
codeEAN.setBaseline(codeEAN.getSize());

// UPC A
document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode UCC-12 (UPC-A)"));
codeEAN.setCodeType(Barcode.UPCA);
codeEAN.setCode("785342304749");
document.add(codeEAN.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));

// EAN 8
document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode EAN.UCC-8"));
codeEAN.setCodeType(Barcode.EAN8);
codeEAN.setBarHeight(codeEAN.getSize() * 1.5f);
codeEAN.setCode("34569870");
document.add(codeEAN.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));

// UPC E
document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode UPC-E"));
codeEAN.setCodeType(Barcode.UPCE);
codeEAN.setCode("03456781");
document.add(codeEAN.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));
codeEAN.setBarHeight(codeEAN.getSize() * 3f);

// EANSUPP
document.add(new Paragraph("Bookland"));
document.add(new Paragraph("ISBN 0-321-30474-8"));
codeEAN.setCodeType(Barcode.EAN13);
codeEAN.setCode("9780321304742");
BarcodeEAN codeSUPP = new BarcodeEAN();
codeSUPP.setCodeType(Barcode.SUPP5);
codeSUPP.setCode("55499");
codeSUPP.setBaseline(-2);
BarcodeEANSUPP eanSupp = new BarcodeEANSUPP(codeEAN, codeSUPP);
document.add(eanSupp.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, Color.blue));

// CODE 128
document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode 128"));
Barcode128 code128 = new Barcode128();
code128.setCode("0123456789 hello");
document.add(code128.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));
code128.setCode("0123456789\uffffMy Raw Barcode (0 - 9)");
code128.setCodeType(Barcode.CODE128_RAW);
document.add(code128.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));

// Data for the barcode :
String code402 = "24132399420058289";
String code90 = "3700000050";
String code421 = "422356";
StringBuffer data = new StringBuffer(code402);
data.append(Barcode128.FNC1);
data.append(code90);
data.append(Barcode128.FNC1);
data.append(code421);
Barcode128 shipBarCode = new Barcode128();
shipBarCode.setX(0.75f);
shipBarCode.setN(1.5f);
shipBarCode.setSize(10f);
shipBarCode.setTextAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
shipBarCode.setBaseline(10f);
shipBarCode.setBarHeight(50f);
shipBarCode.setCode(data.toString());
document.add(shipBarCode.createImageWithBarcode(cb, Color.black,
Color.blue));

// it is composed of 3 blocks whith AI 01, 3101 and 10
Barcode128 uccEan128 = new Barcode128();
uccEan128.setCodeType(Barcode.CODE128_UCC);
uccEan128.setCode("(01)00000090311314(10)ABC123(15)060916");
document.add(uccEan128.createImageWithBarcode(cb, Color.blue,
Color.black));
uccEan128.setCode("0191234567890121310100035510ABC123");
document.add(uccEan128.createImageWithBarcode(cb, Color.blue,
Color.red));
uccEan128.setCode("(01)28880123456788");
document.add(uccEan128.createImageWithBarcode(cb, Color.blue,
Color.black));

// INTER25
document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode Interleaved 2 of 5"));
BarcodeInter25 code25 = new BarcodeInter25();
code25.setGenerateChecksum(true);
code25.setCode("41-1200076041-001");
document.add(code25.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));
code25.setCode("411200076041001");
document.add(code25.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));
code25.setCode("0611012345678");
code25.setChecksumText(true);
document.add(code25.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));
document.newPage();

// POSTNET
document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode Postnet"));
BarcodePostnet codePost = new BarcodePostnet();
document.add(new Paragraph("ZIP"));
codePost.setCode("01234");
document.add(codePost.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));
document.add(new Paragraph("ZIP+4"));
codePost.setCode("012345678");
document.add(codePost.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));
document.add(new Paragraph("ZIP+4 and dp"));
codePost.setCode("01234567890");
document.add(codePost.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));

document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode Planet"));
BarcodePostnet codePlanet = new BarcodePostnet();
codePlanet.setCode("01234567890");
codePlanet.setCodeType(Barcode.PLANET);
document.add(codePlanet.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));

// CODE 39
document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode 3 of 9"));
Barcode39 code39 = new Barcode39();
code39.setCode("ITEXT IN ACTION");
document.add(code39.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));

document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode 3 of 9 extended"));
Barcode39 code39ext = new Barcode39();
code39ext.setCode("iText in Action");
code39ext.setStartStopText(false);
code39ext.setExtended(true);
document.add(code39ext.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));

// CODABAR
document.add(new Paragraph("Codabar"));
BarcodeCodabar codabar = new BarcodeCodabar();
codabar.setCode("A123A");
codabar.setStartStopText(true);
document.add(codabar.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null));

// PDF417
document.add(new Paragraph("Barcode PDF417"));
BarcodePDF417 pdf417 = new BarcodePDF417();
String text = "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, "
+ "it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, "
+ "it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, "
+ "it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, "
+ "it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, "
+ "we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, "
+ "we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct "
+ "the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present "
+ "period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its "
+ "being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree "
+ "of comparison only.";
pdf417.setText(text);
Image img = pdf417.getImage();
img.scalePercent(50, 50 * pdf417.getYHeight());
document.add(img);

} catch (DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}

// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
}
}