Generate the bar code image by itext

We can generate a bar code image by using the itext jar.

Itext jar : http://sourceforge.net/projects/itext/

Download jar : http://sourceforge.net/projects/itext/files/latest/download


sample code

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.BarcodePDF417;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

/**
 *
 * @author Uttesh Kumar T.H.
 */
public class GenerateBarCodeImage {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        BarcodePDF417 barcode = new BarcodePDF417();
        barcode.setText("Bla bla");
        java.awt.Image img = barcode.createAwtImage(Color.BLACK, Color.WHITE);
        BufferedImage outImage = new BufferedImage(img.getWidth(null), img.getHeight(null), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
        outImage.getGraphics().drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);
        ByteArrayOutputStream bytesOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ImageIO.write(outImage, "png", bytesOut);
        bytesOut.flush();
        byte[] pngImageData = bytesOut.toByteArray();
        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("barcode.png");
        fos.write(pngImageData);
        fos.flush();
        fos.close();
    }
}