java.security
Interface PrivateKey

All Known Subinterfaces:

DSAPrivateKey, RSAPrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateKey

public abstract 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 class java.security.Key

serialVersionUID

Fields inherited from class java.io.Serializable

serialVersionUID

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID