Java 1.3 client code to call a web service in secured mode "(using ssl)

[Krishnamurthy Subramanian K]

A web service is already running in my customer's machine. My customer has given a SSL certificate to me which I need to put in the folder from where, I should execute a client side java 1.3 code to call methods which was exposed as web service in a secured mode. Can I have any sample code for the same.

[Peer Reynders]

"Java Web Services in a Nutshell" Sample: Chapter 3 SAAJ (PDF)
Using SAAJ with Secure Connections - Setting up the client system p.156 (73)

You are going to need

JSSE

The Axis 1.x distribution includes a saaj.jar.

An XML parser (Xerces Java Parser).

It may be simpler to get the code to work with the JDK 1.4.2 (which has JSSE built in) + SAAJ - then later try to get the code to work under JDK 1.3 + JSSE 1.0.3 + SAAJ + Xerces-J.

Creating a Client Certificate for Mutual Authentication

You have to set up some properties so that the trustStore (containing the client/server certificate) is available for the SSL/TLS connection:

System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore",           keyStore );
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword",   keyStorePassword);
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore",         trustStore);
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", trustStorePassword);

SAAJ Client
Though you may be able to use an Axis 1.x client
Building with JSSE
WSDL2Java: Building stubs, skeletons, and data types from WSDL