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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
*
* @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;
}