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+using System;
+
+namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Bcpg
+{
+	/// <remarks>Base interface for a PGP key.</remarks>
+    public interface IBcpgKey
+    {
+		/// <summary>
+		/// 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.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>"RAW" or "PGP".</returns>
+        string Format { get; }
+    }
+}