org.dihedron.crypto.providers.smartcard

Class PCSC

java.lang.Object

org.dihedron.crypto.providers.smartcard.PCSC

@License
public final class PCSC
extends Object

A class providing support for PC/SC initialisation; this is particularly important on UNIX/Linux systems, where PC/SC is emulated via a library that is not part of the ordinary set of system libraries and must therefore be found and loaded into the JVM; this is what this utility class does.

Author:

Andrea Funto'

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	load() Loads the PC/SC library on systems where it is not available by default: on linux (and probably MacOS X) we need to discover and load into the JVM an implementation of the PC/SC protocol, which is not part of the base operating system set of functionalities and libraries and is therefore not available to the JVM under the ordinary LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

load

public static void load()

Loads the PC/SC library on systems where it is not available by default: on linux (and probably MacOS X) we need to discover and load into the JVM an implementation of the PC/SC protocol, which is not part of the base operating system set of functionalities and libraries and is therefore not available to the JVM under the ordinary LD_LIBRARY_PATH.