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| * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more |
| * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with |
| * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. |
| * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 |
| * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with |
| * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| |
| package java.security; |
| |
| import java.io.Serializable; |
| |
| /** |
| * {@code Key} is the common interface for all keys. |
| * |
| * @see PublicKey |
| * @see PrivateKey |
| */ |
| public interface Key extends Serializable { |
| |
| /** |
| * The {@code serialVersionUID} to be compatible with JDK1.1. |
| */ |
| public static final long serialVersionUID = 6603384152749567654L; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the name of the algorithm of this key. If the algorithm is |
| * unknown, {@code null} is returned. |
| * |
| * @return the name of the algorithm of this key or {@code null} if the |
| * algorithm is unknown. |
| */ |
| public String getAlgorithm(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the name of the format used to encode this key, or {@code null} |
| * if it can not be encoded. |
| * |
| * @return the name of the format used to encode this key, or {@code null} |
| * if it can not be encoded. |
| */ |
| public String getFormat(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the encoded form of this key, or {@code null} if encoding is not |
| * supported by this key. |
| * |
| * @return the encoded form of this key, or {@code null} if encoding is not |
| * supported by this key. |
| */ |
| public byte[] getEncoded(); |
| } |