Using soap over ssl

[Rich Catlett]

I can't get soap to work over ssl.  It seems to come down to the fact 
that everytime I try to create a URL using the https protocol I get an 
error saying
java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: https

before I try to create the URL I do this

System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", 
"com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");

so that I

use Sun's reference implementation of a URL handler for the "https" URL protocol type.
 
I'm stumped, can anyone help.

Rich Catlett