Axis and Https

Hi!
Im currently developing an Axis-Client which connects to a Webservice via http. But this Service is only used for testing. The Production Service requires https. Can somebody explain me the necessary steps to enable SSL-Support in Axis.

I found an article that suggested the creation of a new set of Stub-Classes. But I dont like that solution, because I want to switch easily between test and production environment.
BTW is it possibly to configure a special SSLSocketFactory or something like that which does not verify the server-zertificate (accepting the zertificate without the need to find it in the trustStore)
Thanks
Reinhold