**javacard.security** 
 ====Interface PublicKey  ====

**All Superinterfaces:** [[javacard:java-card-api:Key|Key]]  
 



**All Known Subinterfaces:** [[javacard:java-card-api:DSAPublicKey|DSAPublicKey]] , [[javacard:java-card-api:ECPublicKey|ECPublicKey]] , [[javacard:java-card-api:RSAPublicKey|RSAPublicKey]]  
 



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  *[[javacard:java-card-api:key|Key]] \\ 




The PublicKey interface is the base interface for public keys used in asymmetric algorithms.




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^ Method Summary ^^ 

 

^ Methods inherited from interface javacard.security.Key ^ 
| [[javacard:java-card-api:Key#clearKey()|clearKey]] , [[javacard:java-card-api:Key#getSize()|getSize]] , [[javacard:java-card-api:Key#getType()|getType]] , [[javacard:java-card-api:Key#isInitialized()|isInitialized]]  |