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+package org.spongycastle.bcpg;
+
+/**
+ * base interface for a PGP key
+ */
+public interface BCPGKey
+{
+    /**
+     * 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.
+     * 
+     * @return "RAW" or "PGP"
+     */
+    public String getFormat();
+    
+    /**
+     * return a string of bytes giving the encoded format of the key, as described by it's format.
+     * 
+     * @return byte[]
+     */
+    public byte[] getEncoded();
+    
+}