Interface DSAPrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:

AsymmetricKey, Destroyable, DSAKey, Key, PrivateKey, Serializable

public interface DSAPrivateKey
extends DSAKey, PrivateKey

The standard interface to a DSA private key. DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) is defined in NIST's FIPS-186.

Since:

1.1

See Also:

• Key
• Signature
• DSAKey
• DSAPublicKey

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final long	serialVersionUID	Deprecated. A serialVersionUID field in an interface is ineffectual.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default DSAParams	getParams()	Returns the parameters associated with this key.
BigInteger	getX()	Returns the value of the private key, x.

Methods declared in interface Destroyable

destroy, isDestroyed

Methods declared in interface Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Field Details

serialVersionUID

@Deprecated
static final long serialVersionUID

Deprecated.

A serialVersionUID field in an interface is ineffectual. Do not use; no replacement.

The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

getX

BigInteger getX()

Returns the value of the private key, x.

Returns:

the value of the private key, x.

getParams

default DSAParams getParams()

Returns the parameters associated with this key. The parameters are optional and may be either explicitly specified or implicitly created during key pair generation.

Specified by:

getParams in interface AsymmetricKey

Specified by:

getParams in interface DSAKey

Implementation Requirements:

The default implementation returns null.

Returns:

the associated parameters, may be null

See Also:

• DSAParams