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
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