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Class PublicKey (3.10.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [3.10.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.9.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.9.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.8.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.7.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.6.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.5.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.4.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.3.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.2.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.1.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [3.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/3.0.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [2.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/2.3.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [2.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/2.2.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [2.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/2.1.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [2.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/2.0.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey)\n- [1.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/1.0.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey) \n\n public sealed class PublicKey : IMessage\u003cPublicKey\u003e, IEquatable\u003cPublicKey\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cPublicKey\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Certificate Authority v1 API class PublicKey.\n\nA \\[PublicKey\\]\\[google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.PublicKey\\] describes a\npublic key. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e PublicKey \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[PublicKey](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[PublicKey](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[PublicKey](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.PublicKey), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### PublicKey()\n\n public PublicKey()\n\n### PublicKey(PublicKey)\n\n public PublicKey(PublicKey other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### Format\n\n public PublicKey.Types.KeyFormat Format { get; set; }\n\nRequired. The format of the public key.\n\n### Key\n\n public ByteString Key { get; set; }\n\nRequired. A public key. The padding and encoding\nmust match with the `KeyFormat` value specified for the `format` field."]]
