Added in API level 1

PrivateKey

interface PrivateKey : Key, Destroyable
java.security.PrivateKey

A private key. The purpose of this interface is 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.

Implementations should override the default destroy and isDestroyed methods from the javax.security.auth.Destroyable interface to enable sensitive key information to be destroyed, cleared, or in the case where such information is immutable, unreferenced. Finally, since PrivateKey is Serializable, implementations should also override java.io.ObjectOutputStream#writeObject(java.lang.Object) to prevent keys that have been destroyed from being serialized.

Summary

Constants
static Long

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

Inherited functions

Constants

serialVersionUID

Added in API level 1
Deprecated in API level 34
static val serialVersionUID: Long

Deprecated: A serialVersionUID field in an interface is ineffectual. Do not use; no replacement.

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

Value: 6034044314589513430L