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package javax.crypto;
import java.security.Key;
/**
* A cryptographic secret (symmetric) key.
* <p>
* This interface is a <i>marker interface</i> to group secret keys and to
* provide type safety for.
* <p>
* Implementations of this interface have to overwrite the
* {@link Object#equals(Object) equals} and {@link Object#hashCode() hashCode}
* from {@link java.lang.Object} so comparison is done using the actual key data
* and not the object reference.
*/
public interface SecretKey extends Key {
/**
* The serialization version identifier.
*
* @serial
*/
public static final long serialVersionUID = -4795878709595146952L;
}