PublicKeyRef

All Superinterfaces:

java.security.Key, KeyRef, java.security.PublicKey, java.io.Serializable
```
public interface PublicKeyRef
extends KeyRef, java.security.PublicKey
```
Interface for classes that reference a public key stored on a smart card. Different cards use different ways of identifying a key on the card, for example file names, indexes, numbers, logical names. Wherever a card service interface needs to identify a key on card the interface should use type PublicKeyRef. Concrete card service implementations should then support a subset of the subclasses of PublicKeyRef, for example PublicKeyFile for cards that store their keys in ISO files.

Author:

Peter Bendel (peter_bendel@de.ibm.com), Roland Weber (rolweber@de.ibm.com)

See Also:

PublicKeyFile

- Field Summary
  - Fields inherited from interface java.security.Key
    serialVersionUID
  - Fields inherited from interface java.security.PublicKey
    serialVersionUID
- Method Summary
  - Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key
    getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat