MaskPatternTester

Receives a QRDataInterface object and runs the mask pattern tests on it.

ISO/IEC 18004:2000 Section 8.8.2 - Evaluation of masking results

• Full name: \chillerlan\QRCode\Data\MaskPatternTester
• This class is marked as final and can't be subclassed
• This class is a Final class

See Also:

• http://www.thonky.com/qr-code-tutorial/data-masking -

Properties

dataInterface

The data interface that contains the data matrix to test

protected \chillerlan\QRCode\Data\QRDataInterface $dataInterface

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Methods

__construct

Receives the QRDataInterface

public __construct(\chillerlan\QRCode\Data\QRDataInterface $dataInterface): mixed

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
$dataInterface	\chillerlan\QRCode\Data\QRDataInterface

See Also:

• \chillerlan\QRCode\QROptions::$maskPattern - * \chillerlan\QRCode\Data\QRMatrix::$maskPattern -

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getBestMaskPattern

shoves a QRMatrix through the MaskPatternTester to find the lowest penalty mask pattern

public getBestMaskPattern(): int

See Also:

• \chillerlan\QRCode\Data\MaskPatternTester -

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testPattern

Returns the penalty for the given mask pattern

public testPattern(int $pattern): int

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
$pattern	int

See Also:

• \chillerlan\QRCode\QROptions::$maskPattern - * \chillerlan\QRCode\Data\QRMatrix::$maskPattern -

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testLevel1

Checks for each group of five or more same-colored modules in a row (or column)

protected testLevel1(array $m, int $size): int

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
$m	array
$size	int

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testLevel2

Checks for each 2x2 area of same-colored modules in the matrix

protected testLevel2(array $m, int $size): int

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
$m	array
$size	int

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testLevel3

Checks if there are patterns that look similar to the finder patterns (1:1:3:1:1 ratio)

protected testLevel3(array $m, int $size): int

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
$m	array
$size	int

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testLevel4

Checks if more than half of the modules are dark or light, with a larger penalty for a larger difference

protected testLevel4(array $m, int $size): float

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
$m	array
$size	int

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