com.xmlmind.netutil

Class HttpsURLConnectionUtil

java.lang.Object

com.xmlmind.netutil.HttpsURLConnectionUtil

public final class HttpsURLConnectionUtil
extends Object

A collection of utilities (static methods) related to HttpsURLConnection.

This class is thread-safe.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static HostnameVerifier	LAX_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER
static SSLSocketFactory	LAX_SSL_SOCKET_FACTORY
static HostnameVerifier	STRICT_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER
static SSLSocketFactory	STRICT_SSL_SOCKET_FACTORY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	getValidateServer() Returns true if the validation of the certificates of HTTPS servers is turned on; false otherwise.
static void	setValidateServer(boolean validate) Specifies whether validation of the certificates of HTTPS servers is turned on.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

STRICT_SSL_SOCKET_FACTORY

public static final SSLSocketFactory STRICT_SSL_SOCKET_FACTORY

LAX_SSL_SOCKET_FACTORY

public static SSLSocketFactory LAX_SSL_SOCKET_FACTORY

STRICT_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER

public static final HostnameVerifier STRICT_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER

LAX_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER

public static final HostnameVerifier LAX_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER

Method Detail

setValidateServer

public static void setValidateServer(boolean validate)

Specifies whether validation of the certificates of HTTPS servers is turned on.

When the validation is turned off, there is no validation at all. For example, the following cases are not rejected:

• Self-signed certificate.
• Expired certificate.
• Certificate where the CN of the subject does not match the hostname of the server.

See Also:

getValidateServer()

getValidateServer

public static boolean getValidateServer()

Returns true if the validation of the certificates of HTTPS servers is turned on; false otherwise.

See Also:

setValidateServer(boolean)