Smart cards are taking off: more than 3 billion will be in use by the
end of the Year 2000. Smart card technologies and skills are in enormous
demand -- especially, familiarity with Sun's Java Card API. This
specification brings Java technology to smart cards, enabling card
issuers to build breakthrough platform-independent solutions, run
multiple applications on the same card, and respond to changing customer
needs by installing applications even after a card has been issued. This
book is the first complete programmer's guide and reference to the new
Java Card 2.1 API. Through extensive code examples, it shows readers
exactly how smart cards work -- and how to fully leverage the Java Card
APIs in smart card development. Expert smart card developer and Java
Card API team member Zhiqun Chen covers the entire Java Card language
subset and all key programming concepts. Next, she presents a complete,
integrated tutorial walking step-by-step through the creation of Java
Card applets. The book also contains a thorough API reference. For all
Java developers, smart card application developers, developers working
with credit-card related applications, and builders of e-commerce and
enterprise applications.