[Barcode4j-users] Getting maximum barcode size

[Ruben F. <par...@gm...>]

Hi,

I'm developing a java application (bartex.sourceforge.net) in which we
encode serial numbers to barcodes. This is done to create unforgeable
tickets. Currently, the user can select the barcode of his/her own
preference (using DefaultBarcodeClassResolver.getNames() ). For encoding
however, we need to know the maximum length of the barcode.

Is there a way in the barcode4j code to do this? Currently, setting a
message on a EAN8-Bean of >8 characters will generate an
IllegalArgumentException, but we cannot rely on that. Setting a message of
"1" on EAN-128 even throws a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException!

Thanks in advance,
Ruben