org.krysalis.barcode4j.tools
Class MessagePatternUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.krysalis.barcode4j.tools.MessagePatternUtil

public class MessagePatternUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Helper class to apply custom message pattern (i.e. message characters grouping) to barcode messages.

Version:

$Id: MessagePatternUtil.java,v 1.3 2008/11/29 16:26:52 jmaerki Exp $

Author:

Dimitar Vlasev

Constructor Summary

MessagePatternUtil()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String

applyCustomMessagePattern(java.lang.String msg, java.lang.String pattern) Defined means to apply custom message pattern (i.e. message characters grouping).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MessagePatternUtil

public MessagePatternUtil()

Method Detail

applyCustomMessagePattern

public static java.lang.String applyCustomMessagePattern(java.lang.String msg,
                                                         java.lang.String pattern)

Defined means to apply custom message pattern (i.e. message characters grouping). If either the message or the pattern are null or empty the "msg" pattern will simply be returned.

Example: "\_patterned\_:__/__/____" (Any '_' is placeholder for the next message symbol, all other pattern symbols will be inserted between. The '\' is escape char. If the patterned message is too long you can increase the quite zone length to make it visible)

Parameters:

msg - the original message

pattern - the message pattern to be applied

Returns:

the formatted message