this is fix for "famous" javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target it's OK to use this for testing, but not production

BypassCertificateValidation.java

/*
** this is fix for "famous" javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException:
** unable to find valid certification path to requested target
** it's OK to use this for testing, but not production
*/
public static void disableCertificateValidation() {
    // Create new Trust Manager that will not validate any of the certificate chains
    TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] {
        new X509TrustManager() {
            public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                return new X509Certificate[0];
            }
            public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {}
            public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {}
        }};

    // Ignore differences in hostname, wherever certificate hostname or not
    HostnameVerifier hv = new HostnameVerifier() {
        public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) { return true; }
    };

    // Implement our Trust Manager that will trust "everyone"
    try {
        SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
        sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new SecureRandom());
        HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
        HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(hv);
    } catch (Exception e) {}
}