A long time ago I wrote a music database/ CD player in VB and I'd now like to do something similar in Java, but I don't know how to access the CD information. My original VB program (which I've somehow lost!)read the track length information and, most importantly, the unique CD identifier, from the audio CD, so that when the CD was inserted, it read the identifier, checked the database and produced a list of tracks to choose from.

Is there an API which allows me to read the disc ID in Java?

Any help on accessing audio CDs and playing music from them in Java would be very much appreciated.