core/java/android/nfc/technology/TagTechnology.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 */

package android.nfc.technology;

import android.nfc.Tag;

import java.io.IOException;

public interface TagTechnology {
    /**
     * This object is an instance of {@link NfcA}
     */
    public static final int NFC_A = 1;

    /**
     * This object is an instance of {@link NfcB}
     */
    public static final int NFC_B = 2;

    /**
     * This object is an instance of {@link IsoDep}
     */
    public static final int ISO_DEP = 3;

    /**
     * This object is an instance of {@link NfcF}
     */
    public static final int NFC_F = 4;

    /**
     * This object is an instance of {@link NfcV}
     */
    public static final int NFC_V = 5;

    /**
     * This object is an instance of {@link Ndef}
     */
    public static final int NDEF = 6;

    /**
     * This object is an instance of {@link NdefFormatable}
     */
    public static final int NDEF_FORMATABLE = 7;

    /**
     * This object is an instance of {@link MifareClassic}
     */
    public static final int MIFARE_CLASSIC = 8;

    /**
     * This object is an instance of {@link MifareUltralight}
     */
    public static final int MIFARE_ULTRALIGHT = 9;

    /**
     * Returns the technology type for this tag connection.
     */
    public int getTechnologyId();

    /**
     * Get the backing tag object.
     */
    public Tag getTag();

    /**
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void connect() throws IOException;

    /**
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void reconnect() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Non-blocking. Immediately causes all blocking calls
     * to throw IOException.
     */
    public void close();
}