JavaTM 2 Platform
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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

Field Summary
static long serialVersionUID
           
 
Fields inherited from interface java.security.Key
serialVersionUID
 
Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key
getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat
 

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID

JavaTM 2 Platform
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