Java client example for Spring configuration for Apache CXF-enabled client that will be establishing an encrypted connection (SSL via HTTPS) with a server, also powered by Apache CXF.

apache-cxf-java-client-app-spring-configuration-ClientConfig.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!-- 
  ** This file configures the Wibble Client
  -->

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns:sec="http://cxf.apache.org/configuration/security"
  xmlns:http="http://cxf.apache.org/transports/http/configuration"
  xsi:schemaLocation="
           http://cxf.apache.org/configuration/security
           http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/configuration/security.xsd
           http://cxf.apache.org/transports/http/configuration
           http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/configuration/http-conf.xsd
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">


  <http:conduit name="{http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/UCPath/IDM}UCIDMServiceSOAP.http-conduit">
    <http:tlsClientParameters disableCNCheck="false">
      <sec:keyManagers keyPassword="cspass">
          <sec:keyStore file="src/main/config/client-keystore.jks" password="pass" type="JKS"/>
      </sec:keyManagers>
      <sec:trustManagers>
          <sec:keyStore file="src/main/config/client-keystore.jks" password="pass" type="JKS"/>
      </sec:trustManagers>

      <sec:cipherSuitesFilter>
        <!-- these filters ensure that a ciphersuite with
          export-suitable or null encryption is used,
          but exclude anonymous Diffie-Hellman key change as
          this is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks -->
        <sec:include>.*_EXPORT_.*</sec:include>
        <sec:include>.*_EXPORT1024_.*</sec:include>
        <sec:include>.*_WITH_DES_.*</sec:include>
        <sec:include>.*_WITH_AES_.*</sec:include>
        <sec:include>.*_WITH_NULL_.*</sec:include>
        <sec:exclude>.*_DH_anon_.*</sec:exclude>
      </sec:cipherSuitesFilter>
    </http:tlsClientParameters>
   </http:conduit>
</beans>