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25 
26 package java.security.interfaces;
27 
28 import java.math.BigInteger;
29 
30 /**
31  * The standard interface to a DSA private key. DSA (Digital Signature
32  * Algorithm) is defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
33  *
34  * @see java.security.Key
35  * @see java.security.Signature
36  * @see DSAKey
37  * @see DSAPublicKey
38  *
39  * @author Benjamin Renaud
40  * @since 1.1
41  */
42 public interface DSAPrivateKey extends DSAKey, java.security.PrivateKey {
43 
44     // Declare serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1
45 
46    /**
47     * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate
48     * serialization compatibility with a previous
49     * version of the class.
50     */
51     static final long serialVersionUID = 7776497482533790279L;
52 
53     /**
54      * Returns the value of the private key, {@code x}.
55      *
56      * @return the value of the private key, {@code x}.
57      */
getX()58     public BigInteger getX();
59 }
60