/* * Copyright (c) 1996, 2001, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ package java.security; /** * <p>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 * <code>java.security.interfaces</code>. * * @see Key * @see PrivateKey * @see Certificate * @see Signature#initVerify * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPublicKey * */ public interface PublicKey extends Key { // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1 /** * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization * compatibility with a previous version of the class. */ static final long serialVersionUID = 7187392471159151072L; }