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package java.security.interfaces;

/**
 * The interface to a DSA public or private key. DSA (Digital Signature
 * Algorithm) is defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
 *
 * @see DSAParams
 * @see java.security.Key
 * @see java.security.Signature
 * 
 * @version 1.4, 97/03/14
 * @author Benjamin Renaud 
 * @author Josh Bloch 
 */
public interface DSAKey {

    /**
     * Returns the DSA-specific key parameters. These parameters are
     * never secret.
     * 
     * @return the DSA-specific key parameters.
     * 
     * @see DSAParams
     */
    public DSAParams getParams();
}
