java.security
Interface PrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:

Key, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DHPrivateKey, DSAPrivateKey, RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateKey

public interface PrivateKey
extends Key

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

Since:

1.1

See Also:

Key, PublicKey, Certificate, Signature.initVerify(PublicKey)

Status:

updated to 1.4

Field Summary

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