SCF_Terminal_getCard(3SMARTCARD)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | PARAMETERS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO

NAME

SCF_Terminal_getCard– establish a context with a smartcard

SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag… ] file… -lsmartcard [ library…] 
#include <smartcard/scf.h>

SCF_Status_t SCF_Terminal_getCard(SCF_Terminal_t terminal, SCF_Card_t *card);

PARAMETERS

card

A pointer to a SCF_Card_t. If the smartcard is successfully opened, a handle for the card will be returned through this parameter.

terminal

The terminal (from SCF_Session_getTerminal(3SMARTCARD)) containing a smartcard to open.

DESCRIPTION

The SCF_Terminal_getCard() function establishes a context with a specific smartcard in a terminal. Card objects can be used to send APDUs (Application Protocol Data Units) to the card with SCF_Card_exchangeAPDU(3SMARTCARD). When the card is no longer needed, SCF_Card_close(3SMARTCARD) should be called to release allocated resources.

If SCF_Terminal_getCard() is called multiple times in the same session to access the same physical card (while the card remains inserted), the same SCF_Card_t will be returned in each call. The library cannot identifty specific cards, so when a card is reinserted it will be represented by a new SCF_Card_t. Multithreaded applications must take care to avoid having one thread close a card that is still needed by another thread. This can be accomplished by coordination within the application, or by having each thread open a seperate session to avoid interference.

RETURN VALUES

If a working card is present in the reader, SCF_STATUS_SUCCESS is returned and card is a valid reference to the card. Otherwise, an error value is returned and card remains unaltered.

ERRORS

The SCF_Terminal_getCard() function will fail if:

SCF_STATUS_BADARGS

The card argument is a null pointer.

SCF_STATUS_BADHANDLE

The specified terminal has been closed or is invalid.

SCF_STATUS_FAILED

An internal error occured.

SCF_STATUS_NOCARD

No card is present in the terminal.

EXAMPLES

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Example 1 Access a smartcard.




SCF_Status_t status;
SCF_Terminal_t myTerminal;
SCF_Card_t myCard;

/* (...call SCF_Session_getTerminal to open myTerminal...) */

status = SCF_Terminal_getCard(myTerminal, &myCard);
if (status == SCF_STATUS_NOCARD) {
    printf("Please insert your smartcard and try again.\n");
    exit(0);
}
else if (status != SCF_STATUS_SUCCESS) exit(1);

/* (...go on to use the card with SCF_Card_exchangeAPDU()...) */

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ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving
MT-Level	MT-Safe

SEE ALSO

libsmartcard(3LIB), SCF_Card_close(3SMARTCARD), SCF_Card_exchangeAPDU(3SMARTCARD), SCF_Card_getInfo(3SMARTCARD), SCF_Card_lock(3SMARTCARD), SCF_Session_getTerminal(3SMARTCARD), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.9  Last Revised 28 Feb 2001

NAME | SYNOPSIS | PARAMETERS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO