Using Barcodes in iText 7
A developer shows us how to use Java to create several different types of bar codes and explains how these barcodes work to encode data. by
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In my previous article, I reviewed the basics of iText 7. Here, I focus on the barcode support provided by the iText 7 library. Firstly, I ll provide a short overview of barcodes, and then demonstrate barcode generation for every supported barcode type in the library.
Overview
Here is a simple definition of ‘barcode’ according to Wikipedia:
A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form.