Java Card Development Kit Components

The Development Kit is available as three independent downloads.

Java Card Development Kit Simulator - Includes a Java Card simulation environment and the associated testing and debugging tools. It provides support for the latest Java Card Specification, and can also run applications written for earlier releases.

Java Card Development Kit Eclipse Plug-in - The plug-in provides a way to run the tools in this list from inside Eclipse.

Java Card Development Kit Tools - Used to convert and verify Java Card appliations. The Tools can be used with products based on version 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.1, and 3.2 of the Java Card Specifications.

• Converter - Converts Java classes into a CAP file, one or more Java Card Assembly files, or one or more export files. See Converting and Exporting Java Class Files.

• verifier - Verifies the contents of a smart card using verifycap, verifyexp, and verifyrev. See Verifying CAP and Export Files.

• capgen - Generates a compact CAP file from a Java Card Assembly file, or an extended CAP file from one or more Java Card Assembly files. See Working With CAP Files.

• capdump - Creates an ASCII version of a CAP file. See Working With CAP Files.

• exp2text - Enables you to view any export file in text format. See Converting and Exporting Java Class Files.

• ant tasks - Set of tasks to use the tools in ant scripts. See Setting Up the Optional Ant Tasks.