What’s new in Aspose.BarCode for Java 24.6

Release Highlights

Aspose.BarCode for Java 24.6 delivers advanced recognition capabilities with Codabar start/stop symbol support, major architecture improvements for 2D codetext encoding, and significant performance boosts for HanXin barcode recognition.

Enhancements

• HanXin Recognition Optimized:
  Improved performance in scanning and decoding HanXin barcodes, increasing speed and reliability for complex layouts.

• Codabar Start/Stop Symbol Extraction:
  New API support enables retrieval of Codabar start and stop characters via BarCodeExtendedParameters, offering precise format validation.

• Advanced Codetext Encoding Framework:
  Introduces a flexible encoding structure with new encoding modes (BINARY, ECI, EXTENDED) for 2D symbologies including QR, DataMatrix, Aztec, DotCode, MaxiCode, and Pdf417. This enhancement allows better handling of diverse character sets and encoding requirements.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

Added

• BarcodeGenerator.setCodeText(byte[] codeText)
• BarcodeGenerator.setCodeText(String codeText, Charset encoding)
• New encoding modes in:
  • AztecEncodeMode, DataMatrixEncodeMode, DotCodeEncodeMode
  • MaxiCodeEncodeMode, QREncodeMode, Pdf417EncodeMode
• ECI encodings like GB2312, UTF16LE, UTF32LE, INVARIANT, etc.
• BarCodeExtendedParameters.getCodabar()
• CodabarExtendedParameters.getCodabarStartSymbol(), setCodabarStartSymbol(int)

Removed

• getCodeTextEncoding() and setCodeTextEncoding(Charset) methods from all 2D barcode parameter classes

Deprecated

• Legacy encoding modes such as BYTES, EXTENDED_CODETEXT, UTF_8_BOM, etc. across multiple symbology parameter sets

🔍 Explore the Full Release Details

For full list of updates, please visit Aspose.BarCode for Java 24.6 Release Notes.

codabar start stop | pdf417 encoding mode | eciencoding barcode | hanxin barcode performance