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javax.crypto
Interface SecretKey

All Superinterfaces:: java.security.Key, java.io.Serializable

public interface SecretKey
extends java.security.Key

A secret key for symmetric cryptography.

This interface defines no new methods over java.security.Key, but rather is intended to be a marker interface and to provide type safety for secret keys.

The format of secret keys should be RAW, as returned by Key.getFormat()>Key.getFormat() 55 .

Concrete implementations of this interface should override the Object.equals(java.lang.Object)>Object.equals(java.lang.Object) 55 and Object.hashCode()>Object.hashCode() 55 methods of java.lang.Object to use the actual key data rather than the identity-based default methods.

Field Summary

static long serialVersionUID

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID

See Also:: Constant Field Values