Example of initializing GalaxyInstance object when OS doesn't trust remote certificate.

gistfile1.java

import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;

import com.sun.jersey.api.client.config.ClientConfig;
import com.sun.jersey.api.client.config.DefaultClientConfig;
import com.sun.jersey.api.json.JSONConfiguration;
import com.sun.jersey.client.urlconnection.HTTPSProperties;

...

  static GalaxyInstance get() {
    final String galaxyInstanceUrl = getTestInstanceUrl(); 
    final String galaxyApiKey = getTestApiKey();
    DefaultWebResourceFactoryImpl factory = new DefaultWebResourceFactoryImpl(galaxyInstanceUrl, galaxyApiKey) {
      protected com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client getJerseyClient() {
        final ClientConfig clientConfig = new DefaultClientConfig() ;
        clientConfig.getFeatures().put(JSONConfiguration.FEATURE_POJO_MAPPING, Boolean.TRUE);
        javax.net.ssl.TrustManager x509 = new javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager() {
          
          public void checkClientTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws java.security.cert.CertificateException {
            return;
          }

          public void checkServerTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws java.security.cert.CertificateException {
            return;
          }

          public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
            return null;
          }
        };
        SSLContext ctx = null;
        try {
          ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
          ctx.init(null, new javax.net.ssl.TrustManager[]{x509}, null);
        } catch (java.security.GeneralSecurityException ex) {
        }

        clientConfig.getProperties().put(HTTPSProperties.PROPERTY_HTTPS_PROPERTIES, new HTTPSProperties(
            new HostnameVerifier() {
              public boolean verify(String arg0, SSLSession arg1) {
                return true;
              }
            }, ctx));       
        return com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client.create(clientConfig);    
      }      
    };
    return GalaxyInstanceFactory.get(factory);
  }