Name
HttpsURLConnection
Synopsis
This class is a
java.net.URLConnection for a
URL
that uses the https: protocol. It extends
java.net.HttpURLConnection and, in addition to
inheriting the methods of its superclasses, it defines methods for
specifying the SSLSocketFactory and
HostnameVerifier to use when establishing the
connection. Static versions of these methods allow you to specify a
default factory and verifier objects for use with all
HttpsURLConnection objects. After the connection
has been established, several other methods exist to obtain
information (such as the cipher suite and the server certificates)
about the connection itself.
Obtain a HttpsURLConnection object by calling the
openConnection(
)
method of a
URL that uses the https:// protocol specifier, and
casting the returned value to this type. The
HttpsURLConnection object is unconnected at this
point, and you can call setHostnameVerifier(
)
and setSSLSocketFactory( )
to customize the way the connection is made. (If you do not specify a
HostnameVerifier for the instance, or a default
one for the class, then hostname mismatches will always cause the
connection to fail. If you do not specify an
SSLSocketFactory for the instance or class, then a
default one will be used.) To connect, call the inherited
connect( ) method, and then call the inherited
getContent( ) to retrieve the content of the URL
as an object, or use the inherited getInputStream(
) to obtain a java.io.InputStream with which you can read the content of ...
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