Okay, I'm now trying with this Connection Helper class. Below is my custom connection manager class:
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*; import javax.net.ssl.*; public class MyHttpConnectionManager extends MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager { public void releaseConnection(final HttpConnection conn) { //TODO Need something here to check if we are SSL or not try { // Getting a NullPointerException here. Why? ((SSLSocket)MyConnectionHelper.getSocket(conn)).getSession().invalidate(); } catch(ClassCastException cce) { // It is okay, we are most likely just not running SSL. } if (conn == null) { return; } conn.close(); super.releaseConnection(conn); } } I get a NullPointerException on this line: ((SSLSocket)MyConnectionHelper.getSocket(conn)).getSession().invalidate(); Can anybody tell why? Thanks Jeremy Hicks Novell, Inc., the leading provider of information solutions http://www.novell.com >>> Roland Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/08/06 10:49 AM >>> Hello Jeremy, > ((SSLSocket) conn.getSocket()).getSession().invalidate(); > won't work for me because the getSocket() call on the HttpConnection conn is a protected method. > I'm not within scope. What are my options? Yet another design limitation of the 3.x codebase. Easiest workaround is to get into scope: package org.apache.commons.httpclient; import java.net.Socket; public final class MyConnectionHelper { /** disabled constructor */ private MyConnectionHelper() { } public final static Socket getSocket(HttpConnection conn) { return conn.getSocket(); } } I think you can rely on HttpClient not to define any classes with a "My" prefix :-) hope that helps, Roland --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]