Implement EAN and improve Code39 error handling

generation/code39.go

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func generateCode39(parameters Parameters) (barcode.Barcode, error) {
+	var strippedBarcode barcode.Barcode
 	GeneratedBarcode, err := code39.Encode(parameters.Content, true, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error creating Barcode", err)
+	} else {
+		strippedBarcode = GeneratedBarcode.(barcode.Barcode)
 	}
-
-	strippedBarcode := GeneratedBarcode.(barcode.Barcode)
 	return strippedBarcode, err
 }

generation/ean.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package generation
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/boombuler/barcode"
+	"github.com/boombuler/barcode/ean"
+)
+
+func generateEAN(parameters Parameters) (barcode.Barcode, error) {
+	var strippedBarcode barcode.Barcode
+	GeneratedBarcode, err := ean.Encode(parameters.Content)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error creating Barcode", err)
+	} else {
+		strippedBarcode = GeneratedBarcode.(barcode.Barcode)
+	}
+
+	return strippedBarcode, err
+}

generation/generate.go

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ func Generate(parameters Parameters) (barcode.Barcode, error) {
 		barcode_content, err = generate2of5(parameters)
 	case Code39:
 		barcode_content, err = generateCode39(parameters)
+	case EAN:
+		barcode_content, err = generateEAN(parameters)
 	default:
 		fmt.Println("Unsupported barcode type: ", parameters.Format)
 	}

generation/types.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const (
 	TwoOfFive            BarcodeType = "2of5"
 	TwoOfFiveInterleaved BarcodeType = "2of5interleaved"
 	Code39               BarcodeType = "code39"
+	EAN                  BarcodeType = "ean"
 )
 
 type ECCLevel int