"""Smart card Reader abstract class.
__author__ = "gemalto http://www.gemalto.com"
Copyright 2001-2010 gemalto
Author: Jean-Daniel Aussel, mailto:jean-daniel.aussel@gemalto.com
This file is part of pyscard.
pyscard is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
pyscard is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with pyscard; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
"""
class Reader:
"""Reader abstract class.
The reader class is responsible for creating connections
with a card.
Known subclasses: PCSCReader
"""
def __init__( self, readername ):
"""Constructs a new reader and store readername."""
self.name=readername
def addtoreadergroup( self, groupname ):
"""Add reader to a reader group."""
pass
def removefromreadergroup( self, groupname ):
"""Remove reader from a reader group."""
pass
def createConnection( self ):
"""Returns a card connection thru reader."""
pass
def __eq__( self, other ):
"""Returns 0 if self==other (same name)."""
if type(other)==type(self):
return self.name==other.name
else:
return 1
def __repr__( self ):
"""Returns card reader name string for `object` calls."""
return "'%s'" % self.name
def __str__( self ):
"""Returns card reader name string for str(object) calls."""
return self.name
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