JavaTM 2 Platform Std. Ed. v1.4.2
java.security
Interface PublicKey
- All Superinterfaces:
- Key, Serializable
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- DHPublicKey, DSAPublicKey, RSAPublicKey
- public interface PublicKey
- extends Key
A public key. This interface contains no methods or constants.
It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all public key
interfaces.
Note: The specialized public key interfaces extend this interface.
See, for example, the DSAPublicKey interface in
java.security.interfaces .
- See Also:
Key ,
PrivateKey ,
Certificate ,
Signature.initVerify(java.security.PublicKey) ,
DSAPublicKey ,
RSAPublicKey
Field Summary |
static long |
serialVersionUID
The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
compatibility with a previous version of the class. |
serialVersionUID
public static final long serialVersionUID
- The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
compatibility with a previous version of the class.
- See Also:
- Constant Field Values
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