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    25 

    26 package sun.reflect;

    27 

    28 import java.security.AccessController;

    29 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;

    30 import jdk.internal.misc.Unsafe;

    31 

    32 /** Utility class which assists in calling Unsafe.defineClass() by

    33     creating a new class loader which delegates to the one needed in

    34     order for proper resolution of the given bytecodes to occur. */

    35 

    36 class ClassDefiner {

    37     static final Unsafe unsafe = Unsafe.getUnsafe();

    38 

    39     /** <P> We define generated code into a new class loader which

    40       delegates to the defining loader of the target class. It is

    41       necessary for the VM to be able to resolve references to the

    42       target class from the generated bytecodes, which could not occur

    43       if the generated code was loaded into the bootstrap class

    44       loader. </P>

    45 

    46       <P> There are two primary reasons for creating a new loader

    47       instead of defining these bytecodes directly into the defining

    48       loader of the target class: first, it avoids any possible

    49       security risk of having these bytecodes in the same loader.

    50       Second, it allows the generated bytecodes to be unloaded earlier

    51       than would otherwise be possible, decreasing run-time

    52       footprint. </P>

    53     */

    54     static Class<?> defineClass(String name, byte[] bytes, int off, int len,

    55                                 final ClassLoader parentClassLoader)

    56     {

    57         ClassLoader newLoader = AccessController.doPrivileged(

    58             new PrivilegedAction<ClassLoader>() {

    59                 public ClassLoader run() {

    60                         return new DelegatingClassLoader(parentClassLoader);

    61                     }

    62                 });

    63         return unsafe.defineClass(name, bytes, off, len, newLoader, null);

    64     }

    65 }

    66 

    67 

    68 // NOTE: this class's name and presence are known to the virtual

    69 // machine as of the fix for 4474172.

    70 class DelegatingClassLoader extends ClassLoader {

    71     DelegatingClassLoader(ClassLoader parent) {

    72         super(parent);

    73     }

    74 }