This constructor is called by subclasses only. Application should call TerminalFactory.terminals() to obtain a CardTerminals object.

If state is State.ALL, this method returns all CardTerminals encapsulated by this object. If state is State.CARD_PRESENT or State.CARD_ABSENT, it returns all CardTerminals where a card is currently present or absent, respectively.

If state is State.CARD_INSERTION or State.CARD_REMOVAL, it returns all CardTerminals for which an insertion (or removal, respectively) was detected during the last call to waitForChange(). If waitForChange() has not been called on this object, CARD_INSERTION is equivalent to CARD_PRESENT and CARD_REMOVAL is equivalent to CARD_ABSENT. For an example of the use of CARD_INSERTION, see waitForChange().

This call is equivalent to calling waitForChange(0).

This method examines each CardTerminal of this object. If a card was inserted into or removed from a CardTerminal since the previous call to waitForChange(), it returns immediately. Otherwise, or if this is the first call to waitForChange() on this object, it blocks until a card is inserted into or removed from a CardTerminal.

If timeout is greater than 0, the method returns after timeout milliseconds even if there is no change in state. In that case, this method returns false; otherwise it returns true.

This method is often used in a loop in combination with list(State.CARD_INSERTION), for example:

  TerminalFactory factory = ...;
  CardTerminals terminals = factory.terminals();
  while (true) {
      for (CardTerminal terminal : terminals.list(CARD_INSERTION)) {
          // examine Card in terminal, return if it matches
      }
      terminals.waitForChange();
  }