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25
26package java.security;
27
28/**
29 * <p>A public key. This interface contains no methods or constants.
30 * It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all public key
31 * interfaces.
32 *
33 * Note: The specialized public key interfaces extend this interface.
34 * See, for example, the DSAPublicKey interface in
35 * {@code java.security.interfaces}.
36 *
37 * @see Key
38 * @see PrivateKey
39 * @see Certificate
40 * @see Signature#initVerify
41 * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey
42 * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPublicKey
43 *
44 */
45
46public interface PublicKey extends Key {
47    // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1
48    /**
49     * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
50     * compatibility with a previous version of the class.
51     */
52    static final long serialVersionUID = 7187392471159151072L;
53}
54