= Barcode DataFormat
:doctitle: Barcode
:shortname: barcode
:artifactid: camel-barcode
:description: Transform strings to various 1D/2D barcode bitmap formats and back.
:since: 2.14
:supportlevel: Stable
:tabs-sync-option:
//Manually maintained attributes
:camel-spring-boot-name: barcode

*Since Camel {since}*

The Barcode data format is based on the
https://github.com/zxing/zxing[zxing library]. The goal of this
component is to create a barcode image from a String (marshal) and a
String from a barcode image (unmarshal). You're free to use all features
that zxing offers.

== Dependencies

To use the barcode data format in your camel routes, you need to add
a dependency on *camel-barcode* which implements this data format.

If you use maven, you could just add the following to your pom.xml,
substituting the version number for the latest & greatest release (see
the download page for the latest versions).

[source,java]
----------------------------------------
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-barcode</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
</dependency>
----------------------------------------

== Barcode Options

// dataformat options: START
include::partial$dataformat-options.adoc[]
// dataformat options: END

== Using the Java DSL

First, you have to initialize the barcode data format class.
You can use the default constructor, or one of parameterized (see JavaDoc).
The default values are:

[width="100%",cols="10%,90%",options="header",]
|=======================================================================
|Parameter |Default Value 
|image type (BarcodeImageType) |PNG

|width |100 px

|height |100 px

|encoding |UTF-8

|barcode format (BarcodeFormat) |QR-Code
|=======================================================================

[source,java]
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// QR-Code default
DataFormat code = new BarcodeDataFormat();
------------------------------------------

If you want to use zxing hints, you can use the 'addToHintMap' method of
your BarcodeDataFormat instance:

[source,java]
-----------------------------------------------------------
code.addToHintMap(DecodeHintType.TRY_HARDER, Boolean.true);
-----------------------------------------------------------

For possible hints, please consult the xzing documentation.

=== Marshalling

[source,java]
----------------------------
from("direct://code")
  .marshal(code)
  .to("file://barcode_out");
----------------------------

You can call the route from a test class with:

[source,java]
-------------------------------------------------------------
template.sendBody("direct://code", "This is a testmessage!");
-------------------------------------------------------------

You should find inside the 'barcode_out' folder this image:

image::ROOT:qr-code.png[image]

=== Unmarshalling

The unmarshaller is generic.
For unmarshalling, you can use any BarcodeDataFormat instance.
If you've two instances, one for (generating) QR-Code and one for PDF417, it doesn't matter which one will be used.

[source,java]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
from("file://barcode_in?noop=true")
  .unmarshal(code) // for unmarshalling, the instance doesn't matter
  .to("mock:out");
--------------------------------------------------------------------

If you'll paste the QR-Code image above into the 'barcode_in' folder,
you should find _`This is a testmessage!`_ inside the mock.
You can find the barcode data format as header variable:

[width="100%",cols="10%,10%,80%",options="header",]
|=======================================================================

|Name |Type |Description

|BarcodeFormat |String |Value of com.google.zxing.BarcodeFormat.
|=======================================================================
 
If you'll paste the code 39 barcode that is rotated some degrees into the 'barcode_in' folder,
You can find the ORIENTATION as header variable:

[width="100%",cols="10%,10%,80%",options="header",]
|=======================================================================

|Name |Type |Description

|ORIENTATION |Integer	 |rotate value in degrees .
|=======================================================================
 


include::spring-boot:partial$starter.adoc[]
