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## java.security
Interface PrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:
  Key, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:
  DSAPrivateKey, RSAPrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateKey

    public interface PrivateKey

extends Key

A private key. This interface contains no methods or constants. It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all private key interfaces. Note: The specialized private key interfaces extend this interface. See, for example, the DSAPrivateKey interface in `java.security.interfaces`.

Version:
  1.25 00/02/02
Author:
  Benjamin Renaud, Josh Bloch
See Also:
  `Key`, `PublicKey`, `Certificate`, `Signature.initVerify(java.security.PublicKey)`, `DSAPrivateKey`, `RSAPrivateKey`, `RSAPrivateCrtKey`

Field Summary
`static long` | `serialVersionUID` The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key
`getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat`

Field Detail

### serialVersionUID

    static final long serialVersionUID

  The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

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