Module java.base
Package java.security.interfaces

## Interface DSAPrivateKey

- All Superinterfaces:
    `Destroyable`, `DSAKey`, `Key`, `PrivateKey`, `Serializable`

      public interface DSAPrivateKey
      extends DSAKey, PrivateKey

  The standard interface to a DSA private key. DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) is defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
  Since:
    1.1
  See Also:
    `Key`, `Signature`, `DSAKey`, `DSAPublicKey`

- - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Field | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `static long` | `serialVersionUID` | Deprecated. A `serialVersionUID` field in an interface is ineffectual.

  - ### Method Summary

    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `BigInteger` | `getX()` | Returns the value of the private key, `x`.

    - ### Methods declared in interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable

      `destroy, isDestroyed`

    - ### Methods declared in interface java.security.interfaces.DSAKey

      `getParams`

    - ### Methods declared in interface java.security.Key

      `getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat`

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### serialVersionUID

          @Deprecated
          static final long serialVersionUID

      Deprecated.
      A `serialVersionUID` field in an interface is ineffectual. Do not use; no replacement.
      The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getX

          BigInteger getX()

      Returns the value of the private key, `x`.
      Returns:
        the value of the private key, `x`.