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PublicKey.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API1046Fri Aug 26 14:57:16 BST 2005java.security

PublicKey

public interface PublicKey implements 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
Key
see
PrivateKey
see
Certificate
see
Signature#initVerify
see
java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey
see
java.security.interfaces.RSAPublicKey
version
1.32 03/12/19

Fields Summary
static final long
serialVersionUID
The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary