Barcode4J is a flexible barcode generation package written in Java. It is notable for the fact that is supports all major barcodes.
Features include:
- 1D barcode implementations:
- Interleaved 2 of 5.
- ITF-14.
- Code 39.
- Code 128.
- EAN-128, GS1-128 (based on Code 128).
- Codabar.
- UPC-A and UPC-E (with supplementals).
- EAN-13 and EAN-8 (with supplementals).
- POSTNET.
- Royal Mail Customer Barcode (Four State).
- USPS Intelligent Mail (4-State Customer Barcode).
- 2D barcode implementations:
- PDF 417 (ISO/IEC 15438:2001(E)).
- DataMatrix (ISO/IEC 16022:2000(E)).
- Support for multiple output formats:
- SVG.
- EPS (Encapsulated PostScript).
- Bitmap images (such as PNG or JPEG).
- Java2D (AWT).
- Text (for testing and debugging only).
- Servlet with support for SVG, EPS and bitmap output.
- Command-line interface.
- Plug-ins/extensions for third-party products:
- Apache Xalan: SVG-generating XSLT extension.
- SAXON XSLT Processor from Michael Kay: SVG-generating XSLT extension.
- Apache FOP: support as fo:instream-foreign-object.
Website: barcode4j.sourceforge.net
Support: FAQ
Developer: Jeremias Märki and contributors
License: Apache License 2.0
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You might also want to take a look at our open source project, Barcode-Lib4J. This barcode library offers essential features that others don’t, such as generating barcodes for a specified printer resolution. It also provides support for GS1 DataMatrix and GS1 QR Code, and supports PDF as an output format.