Zxing scans a variety of barcodes/QR codes, so the first thing you need to do is figure out if its a product UPC or a QR code.
You can check what the Android ZXing app does. The source for the Android client is in: ZXing Android client source code. For ISBN numbers, the source code for handling that is: Android ZXing app's ISBN Result Handler code.
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