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<div class="sub-title"><span class="package-label-in-type">Package</span>&nbsp;<a href="package-summary.html">com.google.zxing.qrcode.encoder</a></div>
<h1 title="Class Encoder" class="title">Class Encoder</h1>
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<div class="inheritance" title="Inheritance Tree"><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">java.lang.Object</a>
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<div class="type-signature"><span class="modifiers">public final class </span><span class="element-name type-name-label">Encoder</span>
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<dt>Author:</dt>
<dd>satorux@google.com (Satoru Takabayashi) - creator, dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin) - ported from C++</dd>
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<div class="col-first even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab1 method-summary-table-tab4"><code>static <a href="../decoder/Mode.html" title="enum in com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder">Mode</a></code></div>
<div class="col-second even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab1 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#chooseMode(java.lang.String)" class="member-name-link">chooseMode</a><wbr>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">String</a>&nbsp;content)</code></div>
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<div class="col-first odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab1 method-summary-table-tab4"><code>static <a href="QRCode.html" title="class in com.google.zxing.qrcode.encoder">QRCode</a></code></div>
<div class="col-second odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab1 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#encode(java.lang.String,com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder.ErrorCorrectionLevel)" class="member-name-link">encode</a><wbr>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">String</a>&nbsp;content,
 <a href="../decoder/ErrorCorrectionLevel.html" title="enum in com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder">ErrorCorrectionLevel</a>&nbsp;ecLevel)</code></div>
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<div class="col-first even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab1 method-summary-table-tab4"><code>static <a href="QRCode.html" title="class in com.google.zxing.qrcode.encoder">QRCode</a></code></div>
<div class="col-second even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab1 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#encode(java.lang.String,com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder.ErrorCorrectionLevel,java.util.Map)" class="member-name-link">encode</a><wbr>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">String</a>&nbsp;content,
 <a href="../decoder/ErrorCorrectionLevel.html" title="enum in com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder">ErrorCorrectionLevel</a>&nbsp;ecLevel,
 <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Map.html" title="class or interface in java.util" class="external-link">Map</a>&lt;<a href="../../EncodeHintType.html" title="enum in com.google.zxing">EncodeHintType</a>,<wbr>?&gt;&nbsp;hints)</code></div>
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<h3>encode</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public static</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="QRCode.html" title="class in com.google.zxing.qrcode.encoder">QRCode</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">encode</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">String</a>&nbsp;content,
 <a href="../decoder/ErrorCorrectionLevel.html" title="enum in com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder">ErrorCorrectionLevel</a>&nbsp;ecLevel)</span>
                     throws <span class="exceptions"><a href="../../WriterException.html" title="class in com.google.zxing">WriterException</a></span></div>
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<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><code>content</code> - text to encode</dd>
<dd><code>ecLevel</code> - error correction level to use</dd>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd><a href="QRCode.html" title="class in com.google.zxing.qrcode.encoder"><code>QRCode</code></a> representing the encoded QR code</dd>
<dt>Throws:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../WriterException.html" title="class in com.google.zxing">WriterException</a></code> - if encoding can't succeed, because of for example invalid content
   or configuration</dd>
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<h3>encode</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public static</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="QRCode.html" title="class in com.google.zxing.qrcode.encoder">QRCode</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">encode</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">String</a>&nbsp;content,
 <a href="../decoder/ErrorCorrectionLevel.html" title="enum in com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder">ErrorCorrectionLevel</a>&nbsp;ecLevel,
 <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Map.html" title="class or interface in java.util" class="external-link">Map</a>&lt;<a href="../../EncodeHintType.html" title="enum in com.google.zxing">EncodeHintType</a>,<wbr>?&gt;&nbsp;hints)</span>
                     throws <span class="exceptions"><a href="../../WriterException.html" title="class in com.google.zxing">WriterException</a></span></div>
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<dt>Throws:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../WriterException.html" title="class in com.google.zxing">WriterException</a></code></dd>
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<h3>chooseMode</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public static</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="../decoder/Mode.html" title="enum in com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder">Mode</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">chooseMode</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">String</a>&nbsp;content)</span></div>
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