java.security
Interface PrivateKey
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- DSAPrivateKey, RSAPrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateKey
- public interface PrivateKey
- extends Key
A private key. This interface contains no methods or constants.
It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all private key
interfaces.
Note: The specialized private key interfaces extend this interface.
See, for example, the DSAPrivateKey interface in
java.security.interfaces
.
- See Also:
Key
,
PublicKey
,
Certificate
,
Signature.initVerify(java.security.PublicKey)
,
DSAPrivateKey
,
RSAPrivateKey
,
RSAPrivateCrtKey
serialVersionUID
public static final long serialVersionUID
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