java.security

Interface PublicKey

All Superinterfaces:

Key, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DHPublicKey, DSAPublicKey, RSAPublicKey

public interface PublicKey
extends Key

This interface specified no methods. In simply provides a common super-interface for all algorithm specific public key values.

Since:

1.1

See Also:

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

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static long	serialVersionUID The version identifier used for serialization.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

The version identifier used for serialization.

See Also:

Constant Field Values