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1 /*
2  * @(#)PublicKey.java 1.32 03/12/19
3  *
4  * Copyright 2004 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 public key. This interface contains no methods or constants.
12  * It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all public key
13  * interfaces.
14  *
15  * Note: The specialized public key interfaces extend this interface.
16  * See, for example, the DSAPublicKey interface in
17  * <code>java.security.interfaces</code>.
18  *
19  * @see Key
20  * @see PrivateKey
21  * @see Certificate
22  * @see Signature#initVerify
23  * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey
24  * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPublicKey
25  *
26  * @version 1.32 03/12/19
27  */
28
29 public interface PublicKey extends Key JavaDoc {
30     // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1
31 /**
32      * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
33      * compatibility with a previous version of the class.
34      */
35     static final long serialVersionUID = 7187392471159151072L;
36 }
37
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