Interface PublicKey
- All Superinterfaces:
AsymmetricKey
,Key
,Serializable
- All Known Subinterfaces:
DHPublicKey
,DSAPublicKey
,ECPublicKey
,EdECPublicKey
,RSAPublicKey
,XECPublicKey
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
.
- Since:
- 1.1
- See Also:
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Field Summary
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Method Summary
Methods inherited from interface java.security.AsymmetricKey
getParams
Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key
getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat
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Field Details
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serialVersionUID
Deprecated.AserialVersionUID
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:
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serialVersionUID
field in an interface is ineffectual.