 Known Indirect Subclasses
| DHPublicKey |
The interface for a public key in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol. |
| DSAPublicKey |
The interface for a Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) public key. |
| ECPublicKey |
The interface for an Elliptic Curve (EC) public key. |
| RSAPublicKey |
The interface for a PKCS#1 RSA public key. |
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Class Overview
PublicKey is the common interface for public keys.
Summary
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| long |
serialVersionUID |
The serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1. |
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Inherited Methods |
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From interface
java.security.Key
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abstract
String
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getAlgorithm()
Returns the name of the algorithm of this key.
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abstract
byte[]
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getEncoded()
Returns the encoded form of this key, or null if encoding is not
supported by this key.
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abstract
String
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getFormat()
Returns the name of the format used to encode this key, or null
if it can not be encoded.
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Constants
public
static
final
long
serialVersionUID
The serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1.
Constant Value:
7187392471159151072
(0x63bebf5f40c219e0)
