nullpointer at SSLSocketFactory.createSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:362)

[v vilches]

I am attempting to make a HTTPS POST call from my Websphere application. Locally on my machine the below code works but when I move it up to the development environment it gives a null pointer exception on the below line.

URL url = null;
HttpsURLConnection conn = null;
thirdpartyComponentFacade.setErrorMessage( null );

try {

url = new URL(enrollmentSSOURL);

conn = (HttpsURLConnection)url.openConnection();

conn.setDoInput (true);
conn.setDoOutput (true);
conn.setUseCaches (false);
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");


conn.setConnectTimeout(Integer.parseInt(connectTimeout));
conn.setReadTimeout(Integer.parseInt(readTimeout));

System.out.println("Connect: " + conn.toString());

DataOutputStream output = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream()); --> NullPointer:

stacktrace:

[2/18/13 15:35:05:348 CST] 00000027 SystemErr R java.lang.NullPointerException
[2/18/13 15:35:05:349 CST] 00000027 SystemErr R at com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory.createSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:362)
[2/18/13 15:35:05:349 CST] 00000027 SystemErr R at com.ibm.net.ssl.www2.protocol.https.b.afterConnect(b.java:39)
[2/18/13 15:35:05:349 CST] 00000027 SystemErr R at com.ibm.net.ssl.www2.protocol.https.c.connect(c.java:70)
[2/18/13 15:35:05:350 CST] 00000027 SystemErr R at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1040)
[2/18/13 15:35:05:350 CST] 00000027 SystemErr R at com.ibm.net.ssl.www2.protocol.https.a.getOutputStream(a.java:51)