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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>.

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* @see Key

* @see PublicKey

* @see Certificate

* @see Signature#initVerify

* @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPrivateKey

* @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey

* @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateCrtKey

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* @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;

}