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package java.security.interfaces;

import java.math.BigInteger;

/**

 * The standard interface to a DSA private key. DSA (Digital Signature

 * Algorithm) is defined in NIST's FIPS-186.

 *

 * @see java.security.Key

 * @see java.security.Signature

 * @see DSAKey

 * @see DSAPublicKey

 *

 * @author Benjamin Renaud

 */

public interface DSAPrivateKey extends DSAKey, java.security.PrivateKey {

    // 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 = 7776497482533790279L;

    /**

     * Returns the value of the private key, <code>x</code>.

     *

     * @return the value of the private key, <code>x</code>.

     */

    public BigInteger getX();

}