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Interface java.security.PrivateKey

public interface PrivateKey
extends Key

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

See Also:
Key, PublicKey, Certificate, initVerify, DSAPrivateKey


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