37  * Implementations should override the default {@code destroy} and
  38  * {@code isDestroyed} methods from the
  39  * {@link javax.security.auth.Destroyable} interface to enable
  40  * sensitive key information to be destroyed, cleared, or in the case
  41  * where such information is immutable, unreferenced.
  42  * Finally, since {@code PrivateKey} is {@code Serializable}, implementations
  43  * should also override
  44  * {@link java.io.ObjectOutputStream#writeObject(java.lang.Object)}
  45  * to prevent keys that have been destroyed from being serialized.
  46  *
  47  * @see Key
  48  * @see PublicKey
  49  * @see Certificate
  50  * @see Signature#initVerify
  51  * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPrivateKey
  52  * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey
  53  * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateCrtKey
  54  *
  55  * @author Benjamin Renaud
  56  * @author Josh Bloch

  57  */
  58 
  59 public interface PrivateKey extends Key, javax.security.auth.Destroyable {
  60 
  61     // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1
  62     /**
  63      * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
  64      * compatibility with a previous version of the class.
  65      */
  66     static final long serialVersionUID = 6034044314589513430L;
  67 }

  37  * Implementations should override the default {@code destroy} and
  38  * {@code isDestroyed} methods from the
  39  * {@link javax.security.auth.Destroyable} interface to enable
  40  * sensitive key information to be destroyed, cleared, or in the case
  41  * where such information is immutable, unreferenced.
  42  * Finally, since {@code PrivateKey} is {@code Serializable}, implementations
  43  * should also override
  44  * {@link java.io.ObjectOutputStream#writeObject(java.lang.Object)}
  45  * to prevent keys that have been destroyed from being serialized.
  46  *
  47  * @see Key
  48  * @see PublicKey
  49  * @see Certificate
  50  * @see Signature#initVerify
  51  * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPrivateKey
  52  * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey
  53  * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateCrtKey
  54  *
  55  * @author Benjamin Renaud
  56  * @author Josh Bloch
  57  * @since 1.1
  58  */
  59 
  60 public interface PrivateKey extends Key, javax.security.auth.Destroyable {
  61 
  62     // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1
  63     /**
  64      * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
  65      * compatibility with a previous version of the class.
  66      */
  67     static final long serialVersionUID = 6034044314589513430L;
  68 }