com.jaccal
Class Session

java.lang.Object
  com.jaccal.Session

Direct Known Subclasses:

JaccalPCSCSession

public abstract class Session

extends Object

A Session controls access to the card.

Author:

Chang Sau Sheong, Thomas Tarpin-Lyonnet

See Also:

SessionFactory, JaccalPCSCSession

Field Summary

private String

name

Constructor Summary

Session()

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the session.
void	commit() Commits the changes to the card.
CardResponse	execute(Command command) Directly sends APDU commands to the card.
Card	getCard() Retrieves the card object.
String	getName() Gets the name of this session.
Atr	open() Intializes the card access session without authenticating for update access
void	setName(String name) Sets the name of this session.
void	update(Card card) Updates the card with this card object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

name

private String name

Constructor Detail

Session

public Session()

Method Detail

open

public Atr open()
         throws CardException

Intializes the card access session without authenticating for update access

Throws:

CardException

getCard

public Card getCard()
             throws UnknownCardException

Retrieves the card object. Not implemented.

Returns:

a Card object

Throws:

UnknownCardException

update

public void update(Card card)
            throws CardException

Updates the card with this card object. Not implemented.

Parameters:

card - The card object to be updated with

Throws:

CardException

commit

public void commit()
            throws CardException

Commits the changes to the card. Not implemented.

Throws:

CardException

close

public void close()
           throws CardException

Closes the session. Implementation is at the lower layers of the technology.

Throws:

CardException

See Also:

JaccalPCSCSession.close()

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of this session. The name is a user defined identifier for a session.s

Returns:

The name of this session.

setName

public void setName(String name)

Sets the name of this session.

Parameters:

name - The name of this session.

execute

public CardResponse execute(Command command)
                     throws CardException

Directly sends APDU commands to the card. Implementation is at the lower layers of the technology.

Parameters:

command - The command object

Returns:

A card response object

Throws:

CardException

See Also:

JaccalPCSCSession.execute(com.jaccal.command.Command)