1. /*

  2.  * @(#)PrivateKey.java	1.28 03/01/23

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.security;

  9. 

  10. /**

  11.  * <p>A private key. This interface contains no methods or constants.

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

  13.  * interfaces.

  14.  *

  15.  * Note: The specialized private key interfaces extend this interface.

  16.  * See, for example, the DSAPrivateKey interface in

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

  18.  *

  19.  * @see Key

  20.  * @see PublicKey

  21.  * @see Certificate

  22.  * @see Signature#initVerify

  23.  * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPrivateKey

  24.  * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey

  25.  * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateCrtKey

  26.  *

  27.  * @version 1.28 03/01/23

  28.  * @author Benjamin Renaud

  29.  * @author Josh Bloch

  30.  */

  31. 

  32. public interface PrivateKey extends Key {

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

  34.     /** 

  35.      * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization

  36.      * compatibility with a previous version of the class.

  37.      */

  38.     static final long serialVersionUID = 6034044314589513430L;

  39. }