- All Superinterfaces:
Key,Serializable
- All Known Subinterfaces:
DHPublicKey,DSAPublicKey,ECPublicKey,RSAPublicKey,XECPublicKey
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.- Since:
- 1.1
- See Also:
Key,PrivateKey,Certificate,Signature.initVerify(java.security.PublicKey),DSAPublicKey,RSAPublicKey
Field Summary
Fields Modifier and Type Field Description static longserialVersionUIDThe class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.
Method Summary
Methods declared in 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