/// <exception cref="iText.Barcodes.Qrcode.WriterException"/>
public static void Encode(String content, ErrorCorrectionLevel ecLevel, IDictionary <EncodeHintType, Object
> hints, QRCode qrCode)
{
String encoding = hints == null ? null : (String)hints.Get(EncodeHintType.CHARACTER_SET);
if (encoding == null)
{
encoding = DEFAULT_BYTE_MODE_ENCODING;
}
// Step 1: Choose the mode (encoding).
Mode mode = ChooseMode(content, encoding);
// Step 2: Append "bytes" into "dataBits" in appropriate encoding.
BitVector dataBits = new BitVector();
AppendBytes(content, mode, dataBits, encoding);
// 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();
// Step 4.5: Append ECI message if applicable
if (mode == Mode.BYTE && !DEFAULT_BYTE_MODE_ENCODING.Equals(encoding))
{
CharacterSetECI eci = CharacterSetECI.GetCharacterSetECIByName(encoding);
if (eci != null)
{
AppendECI(eci, headerAndDataBits);
}
}
AppendModeInfo(mode, headerAndDataBits);
int numLetters = mode.Equals(Mode.BYTE) ? dataBits.SizeInBytes() : content.Length;
AppendLengthInfo(numLetters, qrCode.GetVersion(), mode, 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());
}
}
private static void AppendECI(CharacterSetECI eci, BitVector bits)
{
bits.AppendBits(Mode.ECI.GetBits(), 4);
// This is correct for values up to 127, which is all we need now.
bits.AppendBits(eci.GetValue(), 8);
}
