org.sw4j.tool.barcode.random.codedata

Interface CodeData

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileCodeData

public interface CodeData

This interface is an abstraction for the application to be able to read different input and output formats (e.g. streams from a file or from other transports like HTTP).

Author:

Uwe Plonus <u.plonus@gmail.com>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InputStream	getInput() Returns an input stream for reading the source data.
OutputStream	getOutput() Returns an output stream for writing the output csv data.
OutputStream	getOutputForIdent(CodeType type, EncodingConfig format, String ident, String suffix) Returns an individual output stream for writing the barcode for the given identifier and format.

Method Detail

getInput

InputStream getInput()
              throws IOException

Returns an input stream for reading the source data.

Returns:

an InputStream for reading the input data.

Throws:

IOException - if the creation of the InputStream fails.

getOutput

OutputStream getOutput()
                throws IOException

Returns an output stream for writing the output csv data.

Returns:

an OutputStream for writing the output csv data.

Throws:

IOException - if the creation of the OutputStream fails.

getOutputForIdent

OutputStream getOutputForIdent(CodeType type,
                               EncodingConfig format,
                               String ident,
                               String suffix)
                        throws IOException

Returns an individual output stream for writing the barcode for the given identifier and format.

Parameters:

type - the type of the code to write.

format - the format of the random number (e.g. hex)

ident - the identifier from the input file.

suffix - the suffix of the file.

Returns:

an OutputStream for writing the individual barcode.

Throws:

IOException - if the creation of the OutputStream fails.