> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > in the case of pure Java CardTerminals, i think they are based on the
> > javax.comm classes, but i don't know if these classes support other
> > ports apart from serial ones
>
> The Comm API only provides support for Serial and Parallel ports.
>
> We would need a Java API with support for USB. Does anybody knows
> if such a beast exist? (or is in preparation)
Not necessarily. If a card terminal identified itself as a serial device on
USB, then the OS would present that device as another serial device (COM5:,
/dev/cua/7, etc... pick your OS) and thus javax.comm would be able to be used
to access these devices.
mike
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