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25 
26 package java.security;
27 
28 /**
29  * <p>A public key. This interface contains no methods or constants.
30  * It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all public key
31  * interfaces.
32  *
33  * Note: The specialized public key interfaces extend this interface.
34  * See, for example, the DSAPublicKey interface in
35  * {@code java.security.interfaces}.
36  *
37  * @see Key
38  * @see PrivateKey
39  * @see Certificate
40  * @see Signature#initVerify
41  * @see java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey
42  * @see java.security.interfaces.RSAPublicKey
43  *
44  */
45 
46 public interface PublicKey extends Key {
47     // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1
48     /**
49      * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
50      * compatibility with a previous version of the class.
51      */
52     static final long serialVersionUID = 7187392471159151072L;
53 }
54