/*
 * @(#)PrivateKey.java	1.27 01/12/03
 *
 * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.security;

/**
 * <p>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
 * <code>java.security.interfaces</code>.
 *
 * @see Key
 * @see PublicKey
 * @see Certificate
 * @see Signature#initVerify
 * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPrivateKey
 * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey
 * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateCrtKey
 *
 * @version 1.27 01/12/03
 * @author Benjamin Renaud
 * @author Josh Bloch
 */

public interface PrivateKey extends Key {
    // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1
    /** 
     * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
     * compatibility with a previous version of the class.
     */
    static final long serialVersionUID = 6034044314589513430L;
}
