1. /*

  2.  * @(#)PublicKey.java	1.28 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1996-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package java.security;

  12. 

  13. /**

  14.  * <p>A public key. This interface contains no methods or constants.

  15.  * It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all public key

  16.  * interfaces.

  17.  *

  18.  * Note: The specialized public key interfaces extend this interface.

  19.  * See, for example, the DSAPublicKey interface in

  20.  * <code>java.security.interfaces</code>.

  21.  *

  22.  * @see Key

  23.  * @see PrivateKey

  24.  * @see Certificate

  25.  * @see Signature#initVerify

  26.  * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey

  27.  * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPublicKey

  28.  *

  29.  * @version 1.28 00/02/02

  30.  */

  31. 

  32. public interface PublicKey extends Key {

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

  34.     static final long serialVersionUID = 7187392471159151072L;

  35. }