kroverdulve / eidlib

Native Java e-ID library

*** NOTE: I am no longer maintaining this project. ***

Native Java e-ID library

The e-ID library is a user-friendly Java library to perform operations on the Belgian electronic identity card.

Since the introduction of the e-ID (electronic identity card) in Belgium there have been a growing number of applications using it. Except for being just a proof of identify, you can perform a vast number of administrative issues from your computer, sign electronic documents and e-mails and have safe chat session for children. A complete description of many of the applications available can be found at http://map.eid.belgium.be. With a growing number of applications, there is an increasing need for support for the e-ID in multiple languages, especially Java, which has grown to become one of the most popular programming languages.

For a long time, the problem with Java was that due to it’s platform independence, driver functionality could not be done in native Java. The only way to circumvent this was to apply JNI (Java Native Interface) which allows native calls to C (or C++, assembly, …). In the original middleware as issued by Fedict a JNI layer is present which allows Java programmers to perform operations on the e-ID card. With the introduction of Java 6 came the javax.smartcardio library (the API can be found here). With this library, one can send APDU messages to smart card readers.

The e-ID library provides a very user-friendly and well documented Java library that can be used without any need for an installation, the only thing that needs to be done is to import the JAR file.

eidlib's Issues

Status of card insert and exit is incorrect.

I am getting always this following ERROR, even the card is inserted or exit, the informations are not keep getting scanned and the status of card insert/exit is not clear.

What am i doing wrong please?

run:
AgeChecker -- type QUIT to end program.
javax.smartcardio.CardException: connect() failed
    at sun.security.smartcardio.TerminalImpl.connect(TerminalImpl.java:84)
    at be.belgium.eid.eidlib.SmartCard.connectCard(SmartCard.java:116)
    at be.belgium.eid.event.CardAlivePromptTask.run(CardAlivePromptTask.java:78)
Caused by: sun.security.smartcardio.PCSCException: SCARD_W_UNRESPONSIVE_CARD
    at sun.security.smartcardio.PCSC.SCardConnect(Native Method)
    at sun.security.smartcardio.CardImpl.<init>(CardImpl.java:100)
    at sun.security.smartcardio.TerminalImpl.connect(TerminalImpl.java:78)
    ... 2 more
javax.smartcardio.CardException: connect() failed
    at sun.security.smartcardio.TerminalImpl.connect(TerminalImpl.java:84)
    at be.belgium.eid.eidlib.SmartCard.connectCard(SmartCard.java:116)
    at be.belgium.eid.event.CardAlivePromptTask.run(CardAlivePromptTask.java:78)
Caused by: sun.security.smartcardio.PCSCException: SCARD_W_UNRESPONSIVE_CARD
    at sun.security.smartcardio.PCSC.SCardConnect(Native Method)
    at sun.security.smartcardio.CardImpl.<init>(CardImpl.java:100)
    at sun.security.smartcardio.TerminalImpl.connect(TerminalImpl.java:78)
    ... 2 more

Code:

package eid;
import be.belgium.eid.eidlib.BeID;
import be.belgium.eid.exceptions.EIDException;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Scanner;
import be.belgium.eid.eidlib.BeID;
import be.belgium.eid.event.CardAdapter;
import be.belgium.eid.exceptions.EIDException;

public class Eid {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      final BeID eID = new BeID(true);  
      eID.enableCardListener(new CardAdapter() {
        public void cardInserted() {
          try {
            System.out.println(eID.getIDData().toString());
          } catch (EIDException e) { 
            System.err.println("AgeChecker eIDException: -- " + e.getMessage());
          } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("AgeChecker exception: -- " + e.getMessage());
          }

        }
      });

      System.out.println("AgeChecker -- type QUIT to end program.");
      String input = "";
      while (!input.equalsIgnoreCase("QUIT")) {
        input = new Scanner(System.in).next();
      }

    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
      System.err.println("AgeChecker -- Given argument should be an integral value.");
    }

    }
}

eidlib - how do i detect card inserted, card exit for 24/7?

I can read the card informations with following code:

package eid;
import be.belgium.eid.eidlib.BeID;
import be.belgium.eid.exceptions.EIDException;
public class Eid {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            BeID eID = new BeID(true);
            // We fetch the information
            System.out.println("InformationRetrieval -- ID information:");
            System.out.println(eID.getIDData().toString());
            System.out.println("InformationRetrieval -- Address information:");
            System.out.println(eID.getIDAddress().toString());
            System.out.println("InformationRetrieval -- Photo is saved to file:");
            eID.getIDPhoto().writeToFile(eID.getIDData().getName());

        } catch (EIDException e) {
            System.err.println("InformationRetrieval eIDException -- "
                    + e.getMessage());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("InformationRetrieval exception -- "
                    + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

But i was asked if i can detect card inserted or card exited or card was invalidly inserted for a 24/7 monitoring project.

Can you please help me how to do that with eidlib?

EID Exception: The root certificate is incorrect?

Hello,

I am experiencing some very strange behaviour on 1 particular PC.
When trying to read an eid card with the software I wrote I get the error message "EID Exception: The root certificate is incorrect"
This only happens on this PC with this software. Using the demo software did read the eid card correctly! Google actually returns zero results for this issue.
The library clearly works (in the demo software and the same PC) and the application I wrote also works (on all other PC's).
I tried installing the latest version of the official eid software but that did nothing.
I am lost for possible causes of this. Where should I begin to look?

Kind regards,

eidlib - how do i use it with NetBeans IDE to be organized?

I am using NetBeans 8.0.2. Would like to use it. What steps do i need to do please?

Help - to get the picture in PHP

Using the SDK i get following field:

Hash picture: *P¿aÁ†?y2=....

How can i decode it now into PNG or JPEG? is the has picture is in JPEG? following did not worked.

    if(count($cresult) > 0) {
      $arr = explode("\n", $cresult[0]['card']);
      $encodedPhoto =str_replace("Hash picture: ", "", $arr[18]);
      //header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
      echo "<img src='data:image/png;base64,{$encodedPhoto}' />";

    }