HTTPS (SSL) Request Reading Cert From Keystore Without a Library

Question

I'm looking for some sample code that would read from the JKS and issue an HTTPS request with SSL and it doesn't use a third party library. I've only seen samples using libraries such as Axis.j

Answer 1

Just use an HTTPS URL, with an HttpsURLConnection or even HttpURLConnection. Java will do the rest. No 3rd-party libraries required.

If you need to use a custom truststore, set the system property javax.net.ssl.trustStore.

Similarly, if you need to use a keystore, i.e. if the server is requesting client authentication, set the system properties javax.net.ssl.keyStore and javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword.