java.security.interfaces
Interface DSAPrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:

DSAKey, Key, PrivateKey, Serializable

public interface DSAPrivateKey
extends DSAKey, PrivateKey

The standard interface to a DSA private key. DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) is defined in NIST's FIPS-186.

See Also:

Key, Signature, DSAKey, DSAPublicKey

Field Summary

static long

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

Method Summary

BigInteger

getX() Returns the value of the private key, x.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.interfaces.DSAKey

getParams

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

Method Detail

getX

BigInteger getX()

Returns the value of the private key, x.

Returns:

the value of the private key, x.