Barcode4J Documentation Overview

Introduction

This page describes the documentation structure for Barcode4J.

The Barcode XML Format: describes the XML format used by Barcode4J to define barcodes. It also contains notes about the message format supported by each symbology.
Output Formats: gives information about the various output formats supported by Barcode4J and tells you how to implement additional output formats.
Design: describes how Barcode4J was designed to implement and configure barcodes using XML, in a way that the whole package can easily be integrated into a bigger work.

These pages show Use Cases for generating barcodes using Barcode4J:

XSL-FO: shows a use case for generating barcodes in SVG format format for XSL-FO documents.
SVG DOM: describes the generation of an SVG format barcode in Java.

These pages describe the differing dependencies and options for using Barcode4J:

...with FOP: describes how to generate barcodes within an XSL-FO document with that is processed with Apache FOP.
...with Xalan-J: describes how to generate barcodes in SVG format within an XSLT stylesheet that is processed with Apache Xalan-J
...with SAXON: describes how to generate barcodes in SVG format within an XSLT stylesheet that is processed with the SAXON XSLT Processor from Michael Kay.
...with a Servlet: describes a simple Servlet that can be used to generate barcodes in SVG, EPS or any supported bitmap format with a URL.
...from the Command Line: describes how to use the command line interface that comes with Barcode4J.
...embedding in Java (XML API): describes how to integrate Barcode4J in a Java application using the XML API.
...embedding in Java (Bean API): describes how to integrate Barcode4J in a Java application using the JavaBeans API.
...with Apache Ant: describes how to generate barcodes within an Ant script.

by Web Maestro Clay