// Encode "bytes" with the error correction level "getECLevel". The encoding mode will be chosen
// internally by chooseMode(). On success, store the result in "qrCode" and return true.
// We recommend you to use QRCode.EC_LEVEL_L (the lowest level) for
// "getECLevel" since our primary use is to show QR code on desktop screens. We don't need very
// strong error correction for this purpose.
//
// Note that there is no way to encode bytes in MODE_KANJI. We might want to add EncodeWithMode()
// with which clients can specify the encoding mode. For now, we don't need the functionality.
public static void encode(String content, ErrorCorrectionLevel ecLevel, QRCode qrCode)
{
// Step 1: Choose the mode (encoding).
Mode mode = chooseMode(content);
// Step 2: Append "bytes" into "dataBits" in appropriate encoding.
BitVector dataBits = new BitVector();
appendBytes(content, mode, dataBits);
// Step 3: Initialize QR code that can contain "dataBits".
int numInputBytes = dataBits.sizeInBytes();
initQRCode(numInputBytes, ecLevel, mode, qrCode);
// Step 4: Build another bit vector that contains header and data.
BitVector headerAndDataBits = new BitVector();
appendModeInfo(qrCode.getMode(), headerAndDataBits);
appendLengthInfo(content.Length, qrCode.getVersion(), qrCode.getMode(), headerAndDataBits);
headerAndDataBits.appendBitVector(dataBits);
// Step 5: Terminate the bits properly.
terminateBits(qrCode.getNumDataBytes(), headerAndDataBits);
// Step 6: Interleave data bits with error correction code.
BitVector finalBits = new BitVector();
interleaveWithECBytes(headerAndDataBits, qrCode.getNumTotalBytes(), qrCode.getNumDataBytes(),
qrCode.getNumRSBlocks(), finalBits);
// Step 7: Choose the mask pattern and set to "qrCode".
ByteMatrix matrix = new ByteMatrix(qrCode.getMatrixWidth(), qrCode.getMatrixWidth());
qrCode.setMaskPattern(chooseMaskPattern(finalBits, qrCode.getECLevel(), qrCode.getVersion(),
matrix));
// Step 8. Build the matrix and set it to "qrCode".
MatrixUtil.buildMatrix(finalBits, qrCode.getECLevel(), qrCode.getVersion(),
qrCode.getMaskPattern(), matrix);
qrCode.setMatrix(matrix);
// Step 9. Make sure we have a valid QR Code.
if (!qrCode.isValid())
{
throw new WriterException("Invalid QR code: " + qrCode.toString());
}
}
// Encode "bytes" with the error correction level "getECLevel". The encoding mode will be chosen
// internally by chooseMode(). On success, store the result in "qrCode" and return true.
// We recommend you to use QRCode.EC_LEVEL_L (the lowest level) for
// "getECLevel" since our primary use is to show QR code on desktop screens. We don't need very
// strong error correction for this purpose.
//
// Note that there is no way to encode bytes in MODE_KANJI. We might want to add EncodeWithMode()
// with which clients can specify the encoding mode. For now, we don't need the functionality.
public static void encode(String content, ErrorCorrectionLevel ecLevel, QRCode qrCode)
{
// Step 1: Choose the mode (encoding).
Mode mode = chooseMode(content);
// Step 2: Append "bytes" into "dataBits" in appropriate encoding.
BitVector dataBits = new BitVector();
appendBytes(content, mode, dataBits);
// Step 3: Initialize QR code that can contain "dataBits".
int numInputBytes = dataBits.sizeInBytes();
initQRCode(numInputBytes, ecLevel, mode, qrCode);
// Step 4: Build another bit vector that contains header and data.
BitVector headerAndDataBits = new BitVector();
appendModeInfo(qrCode.getMode(), headerAndDataBits);
appendLengthInfo(content.Length, qrCode.getVersion(), qrCode.getMode(), headerAndDataBits);
headerAndDataBits.appendBitVector(dataBits);
// Step 5: Terminate the bits properly.
terminateBits(qrCode.getNumDataBytes(), headerAndDataBits);
// Step 6: Interleave data bits with error correction code.
BitVector finalBits = new BitVector();
interleaveWithECBytes(headerAndDataBits, qrCode.getNumTotalBytes(), qrCode.getNumDataBytes(),
qrCode.getNumRSBlocks(), finalBits);
// Step 7: Choose the mask pattern and set to "qrCode".
ByteMatrix matrix = new ByteMatrix(qrCode.getMatrixWidth(), qrCode.getMatrixWidth());
qrCode.setMaskPattern(chooseMaskPattern(finalBits, qrCode.getECLevel(), qrCode.getVersion(),
matrix));
// Step 8. Build the matrix and set it to "qrCode".
MatrixUtil.buildMatrix(finalBits, qrCode.getECLevel(), qrCode.getVersion(),
qrCode.getMaskPattern(), matrix);
qrCode.setMatrix(matrix);
// Step 9. Make sure we have a valid QR Code.
if (!qrCode.isValid()) {
throw new WriterException("Invalid QR code: " + qrCode.toString());
}
}
