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 * Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
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package org.jboss.classfilewriter;

import java.security.ProtectionDomain;

/**
 * Class definition factory.
 *
 * @author Richard Opalka
 */
public interface ClassFactory {

    /**
     * Converts an array of bytes into an instance of class Class.
     *
     * @param  loader
     *         The classloader to be used for class definition.
     *
     * @param  name
     *         The expected binary name of the class, or
     *         null if not known
     *
     * @param  b
     *         The bytes that make up the class data.  The bytes in positions
     *         off through off+len-1 should have the format
     *         of a valid class file as defined by
     *         The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification.
     *
     * @param  off
     *         The start offset in b of the class data
     *
     * @param  len
     *         The length of the class data
     *
     * @param  protectionDomain
     *         The ProtectionDomain of the class
     *
     * @return  The Class object that was created from the specified
     *          class data.
     *
     * @throws  ClassFormatError
     *          If the data did not contain a valid class
     */
    Class defineClass(ClassLoader loader, String name, byte[] b, int off, int len, ProtectionDomain protectionDomain) throws ClassFormatError;

}