--- classpath/java/security/SecureClassLoader.java	Sun Mar 24 21:12:19 2002
+++ patch/java/security/SecureClassLoader.java	Tue Aug  6 12:43:09 2002
@@ -81,16 +81,14 @@
 				    CodeSource cs)
   {
     // FIXME: Need to cache ProtectionDomains according to 1.3 docs.
-    ProtectionDomain protectionDomain =
-      new ProtectionDomain(cs, getPermissions(cs));
-    try
+      if (cs != null)
       {
-	return super.defineClass(name, b, off, len, protectionDomain);
-      }
-    catch (ClassFormatError cfe)
-      {
-	return null;
-      }
+	  ProtectionDomain protectionDomain =
+	      new ProtectionDomain(cs, getPermissions(cs));
+	  return super.defineClass(name, b, off, len, protectionDomain);
+      } 
+      else
+	  return super.defineClass(name, b, off, len);
   }
 
   /**