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## org.bouncycastle.bcpg
Interface BCPGKey

All Known Implementing Classes:
  DSAPublicBCPGKey, DSASecretBCPGKey, ElGamalPublicBCPGKey, ElGamalSecretBCPGKey, RSAPublicBCPGKey, RSASecretBCPGKey

public interface BCPGKey

base interface for a PGP key

Method Summary
`byte[]` | `getEncoded()` return a string of bytes giving the encoded format of the key, as described by it's format.
`java.lang.String` | `getFormat()` Return the base format for this key - in the case of the symmetric keys it will generally be raw indicating that the key is just a straight byte representation, for an asymmetric key the format will be PGP, indicating the key is a string of MPIs encoded in PGP format.

Method Detail

### getFormat

    public java.lang.String getFormat()

  Return the base format for this key - in the case of the symmetric keys it will generally be raw indicating that the key is just a straight byte representation, for an asymmetric key the format will be PGP, indicating the key is a string of MPIs encoded in PGP format.

  Returns:
    "RAW" or "PGP"

### getEncoded

    public byte[] getEncoded()

  return a string of bytes giving the encoded format of the key, as described by it's format.

  Returns:
    byte[]

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