PublicKey (Java Platform SE 6)

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java.security
interface PublicKey

All Superinterfaces:: Key, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:: DHPublicKey, DSAPublicKey

Most common way to construct:

KeyPair kp = …;

PublicKey pub = kp.getPublic();

Based on 28 examples

public interface PublicKey
extends Key

A public key. This interface contains no methods or constants. It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all public key interfaces. Note: The specialized public key interfaces extend this interface. See, for example, the DSAPublicKey interface in java.security.interfaces.

Field Summary
`static long`	`serialVersionUID` The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.

Fields inherited from class java.security.Key
`serialVersionUID`

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.security.Key
`getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat`

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID

The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.