1. /*

  2.  * @(#)DSAPublicKey.java	1.18 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.interfaces;

  12. 

  13. import java.math.BigInteger;

  14. 

  15. /**

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

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

  18.  *

  19.  * @see java.security.Key

  20.  * @see java.security.Signature

  21.  * @see DSAKey

  22.  * @see DSAPrivateKey

  23.  *

  24.  * @version 1.18 00/02/02

  25.  * @author Benjamin Renaud

  26.  */

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

  28. 

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

  30. 

  31.    /**

  32.     * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate 

  33.     * serialization compatibility with a previous 

  34.     * version of the class.

  35.     */

  36.     static final long serialVersionUID = 1234526332779022332L;

  37. 

  38.     /**

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

  40.      *

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

  42.      */

  43.     public BigInteger getY();

  44. }

  45. 

  46.