net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.httpclient

Class HttpClientSupport

java.lang.Object

net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.httpclient.HttpClientSupport

public final class HttpClientSupport
extends Object

Support class for using HttpClient and related components.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	HttpClientSupport() Constructor to prevent instantiation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory	buildNoTrustSSLConnectionSocketFactory() Build an instance of SSLConnectionSocketFactory which accepts all peer certificates and performs no hostname verification.
static X509TrustManager	buildNoTrustX509TrustManager() Build an instance of X509TrustManager which trusts all certificates.
static org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory	buildStrictSSLConnectionSocketFactory() Build an instance of SSLConnectionSocketFactory which uses the standard HttpClient default SSLContext and which uses a strict hostname verifier SSLConnectionSocketFactory.STRICT_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpClientSupport

private HttpClientSupport()

Constructor to prevent instantiation.

Method Detail

buildStrictSSLConnectionSocketFactory

public static org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory buildStrictSSLConnectionSocketFactory()

Build an instance of SSLConnectionSocketFactory which uses the standard HttpClient default SSLContext and which uses a strict hostname verifier SSLConnectionSocketFactory.STRICT_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER.

Returns:

a new instance of HttpClient SSL connection socket factory

buildNoTrustSSLConnectionSocketFactory

public static org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory buildNoTrustSSLConnectionSocketFactory()

Build an instance of SSLConnectionSocketFactory which accepts all peer certificates and performs no hostname verification.

Returns:

a new instance of HttpClient SSL connection socket factory

buildNoTrustX509TrustManager

public static X509TrustManager buildNoTrustX509TrustManager()

Build an instance of X509TrustManager which trusts all certificates.

Returns:

a new trust manager instance