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Interface java.security.PrivateKey

public interface PrivateKey

extends Key

A private key. This interface contains no methods or constants. It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all private key interfaces. Note: The specialized private key interfaces extend this interface. See, for example, the DSAPrivateKey interface in java.security.interfaces.

Version:

1.13 97/01/17

Author:

Benjamin Renaud, Josh Bloch

See Also:

Key, PublicKey, Certificate, initVerify, DSAPrivateKey

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