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package java.security;

/**
 * <p>A public key. This interface contains no methods or constants.
 * It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all public key
 * interfaces.
 *
 * Note: The specialized public key interfaces extend this interface.
 * See, for example, the DSAPublicKey interface in
 * <code>java.security.interfaces</code>.
 *
 * @see Key
 * @see PrivateKey
 * @see Certificate
 * @see Signature#initVerify
 * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey
 * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPublicKey
 *
 */

public interface PublicKey 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 = 7187392471159151072L;
}
