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This documentation is deprecated. It applies only to legacy version 9.x of Barcode Reader and must not be used for new development.

Please refer to the latest documentation and Migration Guide, which supersede this content.

Python API Reference - BarcodeReader Constructor and Destructor

Method Description
BarcodeReader The default constructor of BarcodeReader object.
__del__ The default destructor of BarcodeReader object.
get_instance Creates an instance of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader.
recycle_instance Destroys an instance of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader.

BarcodeReader

BarcodeReader()

The default constructor of a BarcodeReader object.

BarcodeReader BarcodeReader()

__del__()

The default destructor of a BarcodeReader object.

reader = BarcodeReader()
del reader

get_instance

Creates an instance of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader.

BarcodeReader.get_instance()

Return Value
Returns an instance of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. If failed, returns None.

Code Snippet

# Make sure initLicense have been called somewhere before getInstance
reader = BarcodeReader.get_instance()
# If no instance is available right away, the application will wait until one becomes available
if reader != None:
   # Add your code here to call decoding method, process barcode results and so on
   # ...
   reader.recycle_instance()

recycle_instance

Destroys an instance of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader.

BarcodeReader.recycle_instance()

Code Snippet

# Make sure initLicense have been called somewhere before getInstance
reader = BarcodeReader.get_instance()
# If no instance is available right away, the application will wait until one becomes available
if reader != None:
   # Add your code here to call decoding method, process barcode results and so on
   # ...
   reader.recycle_instance()

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