1. /*

  2.  * @(#)DSAPublicKey.java	1.16 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. 

  8. package java.security.interfaces;

  9. 

  10. import java.math.BigInteger;

  11. 

  12. /**

  13.  * The interface to a DSA public key. DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm)

  14.  * is defined in NIST's FIPS-186.

  15.  *

  16.  * @see java.security.Key

  17.  * @see java.security.Signature

  18.  * @see DSAKey

  19.  * @see DSAPrivateKey

  20.  *

  21.  * @version 1.16 01/11/29

  22.  * @author Benjamin Renaud

  23.  */

  24. public interface DSAPublicKey extends DSAKey, java.security.PublicKey {

  25. 

  26.     // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1

  27.     static final long serialVersionUID = 1234526332779022332L;

  28. 

  29.     /**

  30.      * Returns the value of the public key, <code>y</code>.

  31.      *

  32.      * @return the value of the public key, <code>y</code>.

  33.      */

  34.     public BigInteger getY();

  35. }

  36. 

  37.