public interface PrivateKey extends Key, Destroyable
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.
Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
---|---|
static long |
serialVersionUID
The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
compatibility with a previous version of the class.
|
getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat
destroy, isDestroyed
static final long serialVersionUID
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