org.simalliance.openmobileapi

Class Channel

java.lang.Object

org.simalliance.openmobileapi.Channel

public class Channel
extends java.lang.Object

Instances of this class represent an ISO/ICE 7816-4 channel opened to a Secure Element. It can be either a logical channel or the basic channel. They can be used to send APDUs to the secure element. Channels are opened by calling the Session.openBasicChannel(byte[]) or Session.openLogicalChannel(byte[]) methods.

See Also:

SIMalliance Open Mobile API v3.0

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes this channel to the Secure Element.
byte[]	getSelectResponse() Returns the data as received from the application select command inclusively the status word received at applet selection.
Session	getSession() Get the session that has opened this channel.
boolean	isBasicChannel() Returns a boolean telling if this channel is the basic channel.
boolean	isClosed() Tells if this channel is closed.
boolean	selectNext() Performs a selection of the next Applet on this channel that matches to the partial AID specified in the openBasicChannel(byte[] aid) or openLogicalChannel(byte[] aid) method.
byte[]	transmit(byte[] command) Transmit an APDU command (as per ISO/IEC 7816-4) to the Secure Element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Closes this channel to the Secure Element. If the method is called when the channel is already closed, this method will be ignored. The close() method shall wait for completion of any pending transmit(byte[] command) before closing the channel.

isClosed

public boolean isClosed()

Tells if this channel is closed.

Returns:

true if the channel is closed, false otherwise.

isBasicChannel

public boolean isBasicChannel()

Returns a boolean telling if this channel is the basic channel.

Returns:

true if this channel is a basic channel. false if this channel is a logical channel.

transmit

public byte[] transmit(byte[] command)
                throws java.io.IOException,
                       java.lang.IllegalStateException,
                       java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                       java.lang.SecurityException,
                       java.lang.NullPointerException

Transmit an APDU command (as per ISO/IEC 7816-4) to the Secure Element. The underlying layers generate as many TPDUs as necessary to transport this APDU. The API shall ensure that all available data returned from Secure Element, including concatenated responses, are retrieved and made available to the calling application. If a warning status code is received the API wont check for further response data but will return all data received so far and the warning status code.
The transport part is invisible from the application. The generated response is the response of the APDU which means that all protocols related responses are handled inside the API or the underlying implementation.
The transmit method shall support extended length APDU commands independently of the coding within the ATR.
For status word '61 XX' the API or underlying implementation shall issue a GET RESPONSE command as specified by ISO 7816-4 standard with LE=XX; for the status word '6C XX', the API or underlying implementation shall reissue the input command with LE=XX. For other status words, the API (or underlying implementation) shall return the complete response including data and status word to the device application. The API (or underlying implementation) shall not handle internally the received status words. The channel shall not be closed even if the Secure Element answered with an error code. The system ensures the synchronization between all the concurrent calls to this method, and that only one APDU will be sent at a time, irrespective of the number of TPDUs that might be required to transport it to the SE. The entire APDU communication to this SE is locked to the APDU.
The channel information in the class byte in the APDU will be ignored. The system will add any required information to ensure the APDU is transported on this channel. The only restrictions on the set of commands that can be sent is defined below, the API implementation shall be able to send all other commands:

• MANAGE_CHANNEL commands are not allowed.
• SELECT by DF Name (p1=04) are not allowed.
• CLA bytes with channel numbers are de-masked.

Parameters:

command - the APDU command to be transmitted, as a byte array.

Returns:

the response received, as a byte array. The returned byte array contains the data bytes in the following order: [<first data byte>, ..., <last data byte>, <sw1>, <sw2>]

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there is a communication problem to the reader or the Secure Element.

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the channel is used after being closed.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the command byte array is less than 4 bytes long.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if Lc byte is inconsistent with the length of the byte array.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if CLA byte is invalid according to [2] (0xff).

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if INS byte is invalid according to [2] (0x6x or 0x9x).

java.lang.SecurityException - if the command is filtered by the security policy.

java.lang.NullPointerException - if command is NULL.

getSession

public Session getSession()

Get the session that has opened this channel.

Returns:

the session object this channel is bound to.

getSelectResponse

public byte[] getSelectResponse()

Returns the data as received from the application select command inclusively the status word received at applet selection. The returned byte array contains the data bytes in the following order: [<first data byte>, ..., <last data byte>, <sw1>, <sw2>]

Returns:

The data as returned by the application select command inclusively the status word. Only the status word if the application select command has no returned data. Returns null if an application select command has not been performed or the selection response can not be retrieved by the reader implementation.

selectNext

public boolean selectNext()
                   throws java.io.IOException,
                          java.lang.IllegalStateException,
                          java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

Performs a selection of the next Applet on this channel that matches to the partial AID specified in the openBasicChannel(byte[] aid) or openLogicalChannel(byte[] aid) method. This mechanism can be used by a device application to iterate through all Applets matching to the same partial AID. If selectNext() returns true a new Applet was successfully selected on this channel. If no further Applet exists with matches to the partial AID this method returns false and the already selected Applet stays selected.
Since the API cannot distinguish between a partial and full AID the API shall rely on the response of the Secure Element for the return value of this method.
The implementation of the underlying SELECT command within this method shall use the same values as the corresponding openBasicChannel(byte[] aid) or openLogicalChannel(byte[] aid) command with the option:
P2='02' (Next occurrence)
The select response stored in the Channel object shall be updated with the APDU response of the SELECT command.

Returns:

true if new Applet was selected on this channel. false he already selected Applet stays selected on this channel.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there is a communication problem to the reader or the Secure Element.

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the channel is used after being closed.

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if this operation is not supported by the card.