I have a signed applet. To implement some plugin architecture I download and store to disk a JAR file with specific classes.
Then I load these classes with URL
Install a custom security manager that allows code from the right code base (package, whatever..) to perform that action.
To do that, call System.setSecurityManager(myManager). (As you managed to figure) myManager is an extension of SecurityManager.
It requires a trusted applet to set a security manager.