Java barcode printer module

I need a small Java application, witch enables me te print BarCodes. The application will recive all data throught SOAP services, from an already done php based soap server. Programmer should have java barcode printing experiences. Barcode templates will be implemented as java classes. (you have to implement only 1 sample template) The program have to download the template, and call its print method, so you sholud know, how to attach a downloaded java class. Further requirements: Documentation in english, j4log - logging by SOAP service calls, JUnit test cases. ## Deliverables # Webiris Barcode Printer Code Nickname: webirisPC Programming language: JAVA ### General introduction The point of this program is to offer barcode printing and other quick responsible services for our web-based optician administrator ERP system called webiris. As a browser can't print barcodes in an easy way, we need this small, installable program, to do this job instead of the browser. We plan to extend this program later by further functionality witch can't be resolved by a browser, so it sould be designed to be extensible. I mean the code sould be well structured and nicely documented. The program must support multilanguage output. At start it should support english, and hungarian. The language of the development is english. The program must support some kind of silent update. (i don't know, whether a java runtime can update it's own files, if it can't, we need a little updater app.) ### The program in action When the program starts, immediatly go down to tha system tray, and shows a message bubble, saying 'WebirisPC started'. After a few seconds it dissapears. The program icon will be the same as [login to view URL] favicon. By right clicking on the sys tray icon a menu appaers, shwoing the following submenus: - Setup now only this one menu item, but leater it could be more. On the setup screen you can set the following configuration variables: Username: Password: Printer setup (choose printer Possibility to remember user name and password (these should be stored somewhere, and the user should be logged in automatically at next start) username and password should be stored in a simple file, later we could encript its content. ### **Communication** The program will communicate with SOAP. The SOAP server is a PHP based application. It provides all the necessary services. The server application is already done and working. When the program starts it logs in to the server, and ask for the users template. Basically it requests new commands from the server every 10 second. If there is something to print, then sets its timer to 1 sec, so from this pont it will ask for commands more frequently. it stays in this mode for 5 minutes. Maybe leater we will implement a new request on the server side, so we can tell the client that no users are online, so it can fall back to normal frequency. Printing a barcode should be implemented both with bitmaps (jpegs generated by the server, or small pdfs) and if it proves to be too slow, the EPL2 protocol should also be implemented for the faster communication with the barcode printer. For printing we will use Zebra LTP2844. It would be nice to find a printer emulator for tests, but I haven't found yet, so you sould implement it by the factory descriptions. The specification of the default label can be found here: [login to view URL] ### Barcode printing drivers The drivers for barcode printing (and the templates too) will be managed by Java classes. So after logging in, the webirisPC program should check if the given template driver is already downloaded, and up2date. If it isn't it should download the driver throught http. ### The printing process Barcode printing The login process gives the following information (provided by login() ): Shop name: String Shop address: String Shop logo: image then every print job will have thease information (provided by getPrintJob() ): Barcode: String Item name: String Price: Integer Currency: String When we got the print job The program must be able to handle the printing in two modes. 1.: fast barcode printing. In this case the server downloads the logo that belongs to the barcode in the first place. The logo is downloaded only one time at the login. After that, in case of fast printing, only the necessary information for the barcode printing will be sent (item's name, price, barcode, currency) to make printing faster. 2.: A picture or a pdf file is printed. In this case the function call returns with the specific picture or pdf. #### Handling barcode template We want to make the barcode templates as downloadable, compiled java classes. All such classes will implement the WebirisBarcode interface. This way we can create any kinds of templates and we can print them in many ways. If we have to print a template that cannot be found locally then the appropriate template is downloaded from the server, and uses it. The refresh must also be solved, so, say, it can check at startup if the downloaded templates have newer version on the server. ### Error report We want to use this program for reporting errors and bugs occuring in our system. The users must be able to report errors and bugs in a simple and clear-cut way. Therefore the print screen key should be reserved for the program, and when the user hits the printscreen key, the program makes a screenshot, and also a window pops up, where the bug can be described with text. When the user finished describing the bug, the description is sent to the server along with the picture with a SOAP call. This functionality should be made at a later milestone. ### Directory structure The files that belong to the program will be accessable at [login to view URL] Directories will go something like this: [login to view URL] - downloading the java program, latest version [login to view URL] - the SOAP server [login to view URL] - latest template classes ### SOAP methodes The latest version of the SOAP server is accessible via [login to view URL] #### function login(username, password) Logs in the user, the session is created on the server side. It returns a false value at unsuccesful login. When the login is succesful the following data structure is returned: Shop name: String Shop address: String Shop logo: image #### function checkUpdate() Checks if the program has a newer version. If yes, it alerts the client program which starts updating. #### function getPrintJob() Fetches the next print job. If there is nothing to print, it returns the NoPrintJob=1 constant. If there is nothing to print, and the specific user is not logged in to the system, it returns the NoPrintJonIdle=2 constant. If there is a print job and the element to be printed is a barcode then the following data structure is returned: Barcode: String Item name: String Price: Integer Currency: String Template: String If there is a print job and it is a picture then the call returns with a JPEG call. If the print job and it is a PDF then it returns with the specific PDF document. #### function sendErrorScreen(message:Sting, image:JPEG) Serves to send the error report. This one has the lowest priority, this will be the last feature we implement. #### function logout() Logs out the user and closes the session that belongs to the user. This function must be called when the user initiates it and also when the system initiates halt. ### Further requirements Documentation in english, j4log - logging by SOAP service calls, JUnit test cases. One should implement it using NetBeans or Eclipse. (NetBeans preferred) ### Installer The program should be packed in an installer. It shold be installd as a step by step easy install procedure. A single jar is not enought. ## Short description I need a small Java application, witch enables me te print BarCodes. The application will recive all data throught SOAP services, from an already done php based soap server. Programmer should have java barcode printing experiences. Barcode templates will be implemented as java classes (you sholud implement only one sample template). The program have to download the template, and call its print method, so you sholud know, how to attach a downloaded java class. Further requirements: Documentation in english, j4log - logging by SOAP service calls, JUnit test cases.