title: weblogic.net.http.SOAPHttpsURLConnection cannot be cast to javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection
body: <p>I am getting "java.lang.ClassCastException" while trying to connect to a url using javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection . </p>
  
  <p>I am using Weblogic Server 10.3.4. </p>
  
  <pre><code>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.X509Certificate;
  
  
  import java.io.BufferedReader;
  import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  
  import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
  import java.net.URL;
  
  /**
   * @author kmrgtm
   *
   */
  public class GatewayConnect {
  
  
  public void ConnectURL()
  {
      try
      {
  
          System.out.println("***** Inside Class File *****");
      // Create a trust manager that does not validate certificate chains
      TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] {new X509TrustManager() {
              public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                  return null;
              }
              public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
              }
              public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
              }
          }
      };
  
      // Install the all-trusting trust manager
      SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
      sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
      HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
  
      // Create all-trusting host name verifier
      HostnameVerifier allHostsValid = new HostnameVerifier() {
          public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
              return true;
          }
      };
  
      // Install the all-trusting host verifier
      HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(allHostsValid);
  
      String urlstr="https://www.google.co.in";
  
      URL url = new URL(urlstr);
  
      HttpsURLConnection conn = (HttpsURLConnection)url.openConnection();
  
      conn  = (HttpsURLConnection)url.openConnection();
  
  
          if (conn instanceof javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection) {
          System.out.println("*** openConnection returns an instanceof javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection");
          }
          if (conn instanceof HttpURLConnection) {
          System.out.println("*** openConnection returns an instnace of HttpURLConnection");
          }
      conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); 
      BufferedReader reader = null;
      reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( conn.getInputStream()));
      for (String line; (line = reader.readLine()) != null;) {
          System.out.println("##### line iz :::"+line);
      }
  
  
  
  
  }
  
  catch(Exception e)
  {
      e.printStackTrace();
  }
  }
  
  
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The exception which i am getting is :</p>
  
  <pre><code>**java.lang.ClassCastException: weblogic.net.http.SOAPHttpsURLConnection cannot be cast to javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection
  Inside the MessageSendingAction
  ***** Inside Class File *****
      at com.secureConnect.GatewayConnect.ConnectURL(GatewayConnect.java:68)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
      at com.sun.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at javax.faces.component._MethodExpressionToMethodBinding.invoke(_MethodExpressionToMethodBinding.java:78)
      at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:57)
      at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:127)
      at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:329)
      at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.broadcastEventsForPhase(AjaxViewRoot.java:304)
      at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processPhase(AjaxViewRoot.java:261)
      at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processApplication(AjaxViewRoot.java:474)
      at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationExecutor.execute(InvokeApplicationExecutor.java:32)
      at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:103)
      at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:76)
      at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:183)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:227)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.invokeServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:125)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.java:300)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:26)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
      at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:206)
      at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:290)
      at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:388)
      at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:515)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.wrapRun(WebAppServletContext.java:3715)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:3681)
      at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
      at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.securedExecute(WebAppServletContext.java:2277)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.execute(WebAppServletContext.java:2183)
      at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.run(ServletRequestImpl.java:1454)
      at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:207)
      at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:176)**
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any possible reason of getting this error ?</p>