Interface PrivateKey
- All Superinterfaces:
-
Destroyable
,Key
,Serializable
- All Known Subinterfaces:
-
DHPrivateKey
,DSAPrivateKey
,ECPrivateKey
,RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey
,RSAPrivateCrtKey
,RSAPrivateKey
,XECPrivateKey
public interface PrivateKey extends Key, Destroyable
A private key. The purpose of this interface is 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
.
Implementations should override the default destroy
and isDestroyed
methods from the Destroyable
interface to enable sensitive key information to be destroyed, cleared, or in the case where such information is immutable, unreferenced. Finally, since PrivateKey
is Serializable
, implementations should also override ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(java.lang.Object)
to prevent keys that have been destroyed from being serialized.
- Since:
- 1.1
- See Also:
-
Key
,PublicKey
,Certificate
,Signature.initVerify(java.security.PublicKey)
,DSAPrivateKey
,RSAPrivateKey
,RSAPrivateCrtKey
Field Summary
Modifier and Type | Field | Description |
---|---|---|
static long | serialVersionUID | The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class. |
Method Summary
Methods declared in interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable
destroy, isDestroyed
Methods declared in interface java.security.Key
getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat
Field Detail
serialVersionUID
static final long serialVersionUID
The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.
- See Also:
- Constant Field Values