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package java.security.interfaces;

import java.math.BigInteger;

/**
 * Interface to a DSA-specific set of key parameters, which defines a
 * DSA <em>key family</em>. DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) is defined
 * in NIST's FIPS-186.
 *
 * @see DSAKey
 * @see java.security.Key
 * @see java.security.Signature
 *
 * @author Benjamin Renaud
 * @author Josh Bloch
 */
public interface DSAParams {

    /**
     * Returns the prime, <code>p</code>.
     *
     * @return the prime, <code>p</code>.
     */
    public BigInteger getP();

    /**
     * Returns the subprime, <code>q</code>.
     *
     * @return the subprime, <code>q</code>.
     */
    public BigInteger getQ();

    /**
     * Returns the base, <code>g</code>.
     *
     * @return the base, <code>g</code>.
     */
    public BigInteger getG();
}