JNI2CTAPI Driver Version 1.1.0
for Linux and Windows 9x/NT/2000

© 2000 CardContact Software & System Consulting

 

CardContact Software & System Consulting takes no warranty for the use of this program.
It is provided „as is“ and you may use it at your own risk!!

 

This driver implements a CTAPI driver for JAVA. It´s purpose is to make the CTAPI-interface available for JAVA programmers without the reprogramming of present CTAPI-librarys.

Requirements:

Support/Troubleshooting

If you have any problems with this package feel free to contact us at info@cardcontact.de.

Installation

There is a fully functional version of this driver already included in this package. You do not need to recompile it yourself (but you can).

Take a look at the following sections how to install this driver on your operating system.

For Linux:

Installation:

Extract the files using "tar -xzf jni2ctapi.tar.gz". Then login as "root", change your directory to JNI2CTAPI and type "make install" to copy the "libjni2ctapi.so" into $(JAVA_HOME)/jre/lib/i386 (Make sure that JAVA_HOME is set correctly to your Java directory, e.g. /usr/local/jdk1.2.2).
Then add the file "jni2ctapi.jar" located in the JNI2CTAPI-home-directory to your CLASSPATH. This makes the JNI classes available for the java environment.

Build:

Extract the files using "tar -xzf jni2ctapi.tar.gz". Change your directory to JNI2CTAPI and type "make".
If the compiler completes, follow the steps described above.

For Windows 9x/NT/2000:

Installation:

Extract all the files using WinZIP or any other program that can handle zipped TAR-files.
Then copy the »jni2ctapi.dll« file located in the "\windows"-directory of this package to your WINDOWS\system directory.
Furthermore add the file "jni2ctapi.jar" to your CLASSPATH.

Build:

Extract all the files using WinZIP or any other program that can handle zipped TAR-files.
A project file for Watcom C/C++ is located in the windows-directory of this package. There should be no problem using another C-compiler (like Visual Studio, Borland C++, etc.) to compile this package. Just add the files »ctapi_wrapper.cpp« and »dllproxy.c« to your project and compile it as a DLL. Furthermore type »make jni2ctapi.jar« in a command shell. This will create the JAR-archive containing the JNI-interface.
Then follow the steps described above.

 

Testing:

A small test file has been included, which you can build with "make test". This program was tested with ORGA´s ECO 5000 card reader but it should work with almost every kind of CTAPI programmed in accordance to the MCT specs.
Connect the ECO 5000 reader to your PC. Insert a card and type "java test_ctapi". The program will reset the card, display the ATR and issue a SELECT MF command (which should response with 6xxx or 9xxx). Finally the EJECT ICC command is sent to the card terminal.

If the test program was successful, the JNI2CTAPI interface was set up correctly. You can now use the CTAPI interface to develop JAVA applications accessing smartcards through CTAPI.

Programming Interface

The JNI2CTAPI driver implements the CTAPI-interface according to the MKT specifications. Due to limitations of the JNI the length of response byte is returned through the return value of CT_Data (see documentation).

All files are packed in the package "de.cardcontact.jni2ctapi".
(For example de.cardcontact.jni2ctapi.cardterminal_api; )



cardterminal_api (String readername)

Constructor for the JNI2CTAPI interface.


cardterminal_api (String readername)

readername

Name of the shared lib containing the CTAPI-functions;
this name will be mapped automatically to »eco_5000.dll« (Windows) or »libeco_5000.so« (Linux).
(e.g. »eco_5000«)



int CT_Init (char ctn, char pn)

The CT_Init function opens and initializes the card reader. This function must be called at first.


int CT_Init (char ctn, char pn)

ctn

number of the card terminal

pn

port number of the terminal (e.g. 0 = /dev/ttyS0)

return value

< 0 : an error occured

= 0 : card terminal successfully opened



int CT_Close (char ctn)

The CT_Close function closes the connection to the card reader.


int CT_Close (char ctn)

ctn

number of the card terminal

return value

< 0 : an error occured

= 0 : card terminal successfully closed



int CT_Data (char ctn, byte dad, byte sad, int lenc, byte[] command, char lenr, byte[] response);

The CT_Data function sends and receives data from the card.


int CT_Data (char ctn, byte dad, byte sad, int lenc,
byte[] command, char lenr, byte[] response);

ctn

number of the card terminal

dad

destination address

sad

source address

lenc

Length of the following command

command

the command

lenr

length of the response buffer

response

the response buffer

return
value

< 2 : an error occured

>= 2 : success, return value = number of bytes received, length of response