Symantec Corporation announced today it will work with Visa International and Sun Microsystems to integrate Java Card technology and Visa Open Platform libraries within its popular Visual Cafe for Java Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment.
The integration will give JavaCard developers the ability to
build applications that support Visa’s libraries as easily as they build
Java desktop applications today.
The Java Card API, a specialized application interface, enables a new
generation of networking capabilities for payment cards, electronic
commerce, network access, affinity programs, gaming applications, and
authentication capitalizing on the power of smart card technology.
Developers working in Visual Cafe for Java can now run Sun’s Java Card
Checker tool without leaving the Visual Cafe environment. When creating a
New Project from the File menu, developers simply choose a Java Card
option.
This new integration extends the benefit of the earlier integration
by making Visa libraries options accessible via a step-by-step, Wizard-like
process available from the Tools menu.