java.security

Interface PrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, Key, Serializable

public interface PrivateKey
extends Key, Destroyable

A private key. The purpose of this interface is to group (and provide type safety for) all private key interfaces.

Note: The specialized private key interfaces extend this interface.

Author:

Benjamin Renaud, Josh Bloch

See Also:

Key, Certificate

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
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

Methods inherited from interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable

destroy, isDestroyed

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