Casting problem

[Angus Ferguson]

I have the code

    PostMethod postmethod = new PostMethod( serviceURL);
		    HttpURLConnection rc = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();  

Then import is:

import sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection;


and the error ;

java.lang.ClassCastException: sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl cannot be cast to sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection

Any idea?

Many Thanks, Isaac

[Alexei Kaigorodov]

Try "HttpsURLConnection rc" instead of HttpURLConnection .

[Paul Clapham]

Angus Ferguson wrote:import sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection;

Why that class? Just use the class from the standard API:

import java.net.HttpURLConnection;

[Angus Ferguson]

Solved. Many thanks

[Jesper de Jong]

Angus Ferguson wrote:Then import is:

import sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection;

You should not be using classes in sun.* packages directly.

Explanation from Oracle: Why Developers Should Not Write Programs That Call 'sun' Packages