Hi Ludovic, You are a true smart card middleware expert. I'm not and my customers are even less of that. They just want to plug in and go.
As it appears the smart card community/industry have created uniquely complex middleware for reasons unclear to me. It is proven beyond doubt that the platform vendors can't keep up with it either [2]. Do they even bother testing this stuff? I understand that there are "layers" but if not even "layer-0" works right-out-of-the-box the value of java-based software is greatly reduced. "Write once run everywhere" actually works for sophisticated applications like EJBCA http://ejbca.org without low-level platform tweaks. Anders unconvinced On 2011-11-24 10:31, Ludovic Rousseau wrote: > 2011/11/23 Anders Rundgren <anders.rundg...@telia.com>: >> Hi, > > Hello, > >> I just wonder what your opinion is about Java smart card io which is a >> part of JDK 1.6 and forward. >> >> I did a minute test and it wasn't overly convincing :-( >> >> OTOH, as we all know that smart card middle ware is "hell on earth" I >> may simple haven't given it enough time. > > Do you know "PCSC sample in Java" [1]? > >> import javax.smartcardio.*; >> import java.util.List; >> >> public class smart >> { >> public static void main (String[] args) >> { >> try >> { >> // show the list of available terminals >> TerminalFactory factory = TerminalFactory.getDefault(); >> List<CardTerminal> terminals = factory.terminals().list(); >> >> // get the first terminal >> if (terminals.isEmpty ()) >> { >> System.out.println ("No terminals found!"); >> } >> else >> { >> System.out.println("Terminals: " + terminals); >> CardTerminal terminal = terminals.get(0); >> // establish a connection with the card >> Card card = terminal.connect("T=0"); >> System.out.println("card: " + card); >> CardChannel channel = card.getBasicChannel(); >> // disconnect >> card.disconnect(false); >> } >> } >> catch (Exception e) >> { >> e.printStackTrace (); >> } >> } >> } >> >> On windows you get an exception if there is no reader connected! > > I can't tell about Windows. > >> On Ubuntu I always get No terminals found! > > Ubuntu has a special configuration of pcsc-lite. Read "pcsc-lite > upgrade and Ubuntu special configuration" [2]. > >> On both machines I have other smart card apps working including pcscd on >> Ubuntu >> that in debug mode shows that the card is connected etc. > > You have not tried hard enough :-) > > Bye, > > [1] http://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.com/2010/06/pcsc-sample-in-java.html > [2] > http://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.com/2010/10/pcsc-lite-upgrade-and-ubuntu-special.html > _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
