java.security
Interface PrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:

Key, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DSAPrivateKey, 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

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID

See Also:

Constant Field Values