/*
- * Copyright 2007 Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2007 ZXing authors
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* See {@link com.google.zxing.MultiFormatReader}, which attempts to determine what barcode
* format is present within the image as well, and then decodes it accordingly.
*
- * @author srowen@google.com (Sean Owen), dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin)
+ * @author Sean Owen
+ * @author dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin)
*/
public interface Reader {
*
* @param image image of barcode to decode
* @return String which the barcode encodes
- * @throws ReaderException if the barcode cannot be located or decoded for any reason
+ * @throws NotFoundException if the barcode cannot be located or decoded for any reason
*/
- Result decode(MonochromeBitmapSource image) throws ReaderException;
+ Result decode(BinaryBitmap image) throws NotFoundException, ChecksumException, FormatException;
/**
* Locates and decodes a barcode in some format within an image. This method also accepts
* hints, each possibly associated to some data, which may help the implementation decode.
*
* @param image image of barcode to decode
- * @param hints passed as a {@link Hashtable} from {@link DecodeHintType} to aribtrary data. The
+ * @param hints passed as a {@link java.util.Hashtable} from {@link com.google.zxing.DecodeHintType}
+ * to arbitrary data. The
* meaning of the data depends upon the hint type. The implementation may or may not do
* anything with these hints.
* @return String which the barcode encodes
- * @throws ReaderException if the barcode cannot be located or decoded for any reason
+ * @throws NotFoundException if the barcode cannot be located or decoded for any reason
*/
- Result decode(MonochromeBitmapSource image, Hashtable hints) throws ReaderException;
+ Result decode(BinaryBitmap image, Hashtable hints) throws NotFoundException, ChecksumException, FormatException;
+
+ /**
+ * Resets any internal state the implementation has after a decode, to prepare it
+ * for reuse.
+ */
+ void reset();
}
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