https redirection handling in httpunit

In httpunit when you are requesting a http page and if the page internally redirects to a https page, httpunit throws following error and response is not received:

sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed

To resolve this error, add following code in your httpunit program.

import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
import java.security.cert.*;

try{
SSLContext context = SSLContext.getInstance("SSLv3");
TrustManager[] trustManagerArray = { new NullX509TrustManager() };
context.init(null, trustManagerArray, null);
HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(context.getSocketFactory());
HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(new NullHostnameVerifier());
}catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}


class NullX509TrustManager implements X509TrustManager {
/* Implements all methods, keeping them empty or returning null */
public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
return null;
}

public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) {

}

public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) {

}
}

class NullHostnameVerifier implements HostnameVerifier {
public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
return true;
}
}

How to access secure website (https) in HTTPUNIT

If you are using httpunit to automate your website testing and your site is on secure domain (i.e. on https); httpunit would not be able to access your site unless you add below code in your tests(probably in setup() method)

//code to make test case run for HTTPS site com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionOldImpl.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(new com.sun.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier()
{
public boolean verify(String urlHostname, String certHostname)
{
return true;
}
}
);