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25
26 package java.security.interfaces;
27
28 /**
29 * The interface to a DSA public or private key. DSA (Digital Signature
30 * Algorithm) is defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
31 *
32 * @see DSAParams
33 * @see java.security.Key
34 * @see java.security.Signature
35 *
36 * @author Benjamin Renaud
37 * @author Josh Bloch
38 */
39 public interface DSAKey {
40
41 /**
42 * Returns the DSA-specific key parameters. These parameters are
43 * never secret.
44 *
45 * @return the DSA-specific key parameters.
46 *
47 * @see DSAParams
48 */
49 public DSAParams getParams();
50 }
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