> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] Maxicode and PDF417 > > Hi, > I have two questions regarding these 2D barcode formats: > 1. It seems that Maxicode is not supported by iText. Is there > any plan to add Maxicode in the future? (I do know there are > Maxicode projects out there. I just wonder about a more > 'integrated' solution that's all). >
There are no plans to implement maxicode. > 2. It seems rather unintuitive that BarcodePDF417 is not > a subclass of Barcode. I suppose the reason is because > Barcode is designed to be 1D. But it seems to me the 2D > class does share many of the same interface with 1D Barcode > (for example setText/setCode, setHeight,...). If we should > adhere to a strict design, can we have something like > a grand Barcode super-interface, and then two sub-interface's > (or abstract classes) Barcode1D and Barcode2D? Then > we can treat barcode instances in a more ubiquitous way, > for example: > Barcode bc = (Barcode)Class.forName(clsName).newInstance(); > ... > bc.getImage(); > > which right now is impossible because BarcodePDF417 does > not share a common ancestor. 2D barcodes are too different to be put in same bag as 1D. Best Regards, Paulo Soares > Thank you. > > > BarcodePDF417 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from > real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
