1 /* 2 * Copyright (c) 1996, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 4 * 5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as 7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this 8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided 9 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. 10 * 11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License 14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 15 * accompanied this code). 16 * 17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 20 * 21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 22 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 23 * questions. 24 */ 25 26 package java.security; 27 28 /** 29 * <p>A public key. This interface contains no methods or constants. 30 * It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all public key 31 * interfaces. 32 * 33 * Note: The specialized public key interfaces extend this interface. 34 * See, for example, the DSAPublicKey interface in 35 * {@code java.security.interfaces}. 36 * 37 * @see Key 38 * @see PrivateKey 39 * @see Certificate 40 * @see Signature#initVerify 41 * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey 42 * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPublicKey 43 * 44 */ 45 46 public interface PublicKey extends Key { 47 // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1 48 /** 49 * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization 50 * compatibility with a previous version of the class. 51 */ 52 static final long serialVersionUID = 7187392471159151072L; 53 } 54