Name: krT82822 Date: 08/18/99


In the JavaDoc description of method
ClassLoader.defineClass(String name, byte[] b, int off, int len),
the semantics of the class name parameter are incompletely
specified.

The method description does not mention the name parameter,
and the parameter description says only:

   name - the expected name of the class, or null if not known,
      using '.' and not '/' as the separator and without a
      trailing ".class" suffix.

Specifically, the documentation does not say what it done with
the name, what concrete conditions must be satisfied (the
loaded class must match it?), or what happens if those
conditions are not satisfied.



(Additionally, the SecurityException case description says
"a different set of certificates then this class.")



DSB/DFI
(Review ID: 94064)
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