- All Superinterfaces:
- Key,- Serializable
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- DHPublicKey,- DSAPublicKey,- ECPublicKey,- EdECPublicKey,- RSAPublicKey,- XECPublicKey
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
 java.security.interfaces.
- Since:
- 1.1
- See Also:
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Field SummaryFields
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Method SummaryMethods declared in interface java.security.KeygetAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat
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Field Details- 
serialVersionUIDDeprecated.AserialVersionUIDfield in an interface is ineffectual. Do not use; no replacement.The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.- See Also:
 
 
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serialVersionUIDfield in an interface is ineffectual.