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Interface java.security.PublicKey

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.

Version:

1.16 97/01/17

See Also:

Key, PrivateKey, Certificate, initVerify, DSAPublicKey

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