net.sourceforge.barbecue

Class SeparatorModule

java.lang.Object

net.sourceforge.barbecue.Module

net.sourceforge.barbecue.SeparatorModule

public class SeparatorModule
extends Module

Specific implementation of Module that draws a blank bar (of configurable width). This can be used to insert inter-module spaces (as required by some barcode formats) without having to modify the data to be encoded to include the spaces.

Note: You should not instantiate this class directly.

Author:

Ian Bourke

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sourceforge.barbecue.Module

bars

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SeparatorModule() Constructs a new SeparatorModule with a width of 1.
SeparatorModule(int width) Constructs a new SeparatorModule with the specified width.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected int	draw(Output output, int x, int y, int barWidth, int barHeight) Draws the module to the specified output.
String	getSymbol() Returns the symbol that this module encodes.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.barbecue.Module

equals, hashCode, setSymbol, toString, widthInBars

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SeparatorModule

public SeparatorModule()

Constructs a new SeparatorModule with a width of 1.

SeparatorModule

public SeparatorModule(int width)

Constructs a new SeparatorModule with the specified width.

Parameters:

width - The width of the separator in bar widths.

Method Detail

draw

protected int draw(Output output,
       int x,
       int y,
       int barWidth,
       int barHeight)
            throws OutputException

Draws the module to the specified output.

Overrides:

draw in class Module

Parameters:

output - The barcode output to draw to

x - The starting X co-ordinate

y - The starting Y co-ordinate

barWidth -

barHeight -

Returns:

The total width drawn

Throws:

OutputException

getSymbol

public String getSymbol()

Returns the symbol that this module encodes.

Overrides:

getSymbol in class Module

Returns:

A blank string