jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/PrivateKey.java
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6633872: Policy/PolicyFile leak dynamic ProtectionDomains. Reviewed-by: hawtin
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/*
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 * Copyright 1996-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
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 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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 * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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 * accompanied this code).
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 * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
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package java.security;
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/**
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 * <p>A private key. This interface contains no methods or constants.
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 * It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all private key
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 * interfaces.
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 *
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 * Note: The specialized private key interfaces extend this interface.
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 * See, for example, the DSAPrivateKey interface in
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 * <code>java.security.interfaces</code>.
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 *
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 * @see Key
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 * @see PublicKey
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 * @see Certificate
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 * @see Signature#initVerify
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 * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPrivateKey
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 * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey
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 * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateCrtKey
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 *
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 * @author Benjamin Renaud
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 * @author Josh Bloch
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 */
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public interface PrivateKey extends Key {
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    // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1
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    /**
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     * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
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     * compatibility with a previous version of the class.
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     */
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    static final long serialVersionUID = 6034044314589513430L;
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}