java.security
Interface PrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:

Key , Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

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

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm , getEncoded , getFormat

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

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