protected final Class<?> defineClass (String name, ByteBuffer b, CodeSource cs)

Converts a ByteBuffer into an instance of class Class, with an optional CodeSource. Before the class can be used it must be resolved.

If a non-null CodeSource is supplied a ProtectionDomain is constructed and associated with the class being defined.

Parameters:
name    the expected name of the class, or null if not known, using '.' and not '/' as the separator and without a trailing ".class" suffix.
b    the bytes that make up the class data. The bytes from positions b.position() through b.position() + b.limit() -1 should have the format of a valid class file as defined by The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification.
cs    the associated CodeSource, or null if none

Returns:  the Class object created from the data, and optional CodeSource.

Exceptions:
ClassFormatError    if the data did not contain a valid class
SecurityException    if an attempt is made to add this class to a package that contains classes that were signed by a different set of certificates than this class, or if the class name begins with "java.".

Since:  1.5