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This project defines the Java interfaces and classes supported by a digital notary.

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 * Copyright (c) Crater Dog Technologies(TM).  All Rights Reserved.     *
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package craterdog.security;

import craterdog.primitives.Tag;
import java.security.PrivateKey;
import java.security.PublicKey;


/**
 * This class defines the attributes associated with a notary key.  A notary key has a private
 * part (signing key) that is used to sign notarized documents.  It also has a public part
 * (verification key) that is used to verify that a document was signed using the notary key.
 *
 * @author Derk Norton
 */
public final class NotaryKey {

    /**
     * The unique identifier for the notary key.
     */
    public Tag keyId;

    /**
     * The private key that is used for signing a notarized document.
     */
    public PrivateKey signingKey;

    /**
     * The public key that is used to verify the signature on a notarized document.
     */
    public PublicKey verificationKey;

    /**
     * The lifetime of the key along with the version of the signing algorithm used to generate it.
     */
    public Watermark watermark;

}