java.security
Interface PublicKey

All Superinterfaces:

Key, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DSAPublicKey, RSAPublicKey

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.

See Also:

Key, PrivateKey, Certificate, Signature.initVerify(java.security.PublicKey), DSAPublicKey, RSAPublicKey

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