java.security
Interface PrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:

Key, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DHPrivateKey, DSAPrivateKey, ECPrivateKey, RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateKey

public interface PrivateKey
extends Key

Disabled: no SafeJ information.

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

Class is disabled.

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

See Also:

Constant Field Values