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* @(#)DSAPrivateKey.java 1.22 06/10/10
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package java.security.interfaces;
import java.math.BigInteger;
/**
* The standard interface to a DSA private key. DSA (Digital Signature
* Algorithm) is defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
*
* @see java.security.Key
* @see java.security.Signature
* @see DSAKey
* @see DSAPublicKey
*
* @version 1.16 00/02/02
* @author Benjamin Renaud
*/
public interface DSAPrivateKey extends DSAKey, java.security.PrivateKey {
// 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 = 7776497482533790279L;
/**
* Returns the value of the private key, <code>x</code>.
*
* @return the value of the private key, <code>x</code>.
*/
public BigInteger getX();
}