1. /*
  2. * @(#)PublicKey.java 1.27 01/11/29
  3. *
  4. * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  5. * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
  6. */
  7. package java.security;
  8. /**
  9. * <p>A public key. This interface contains no methods or constants.
  10. * It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all public key
  11. * interfaces.
  12. *
  13. * Note: The specialized public key interfaces extend this interface.
  14. * See, for example, the DSAPublicKey interface in
  15. * <code>java.security.interfaces</code>.
  16. *
  17. * @see Key
  18. * @see PrivateKey
  19. * @see Certificate
  20. * @see Signature#initVerify
  21. * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey
  22. * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPublicKey
  23. *
  24. * @version 1.27 01/11/29
  25. */
  26. public interface PublicKey extends Key {
  27. // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1
  28. static final long serialVersionUID = 7187392471159151072L;
  29. }