Java method to ignore self signed certificates

IgnoreSelfSignedCertificate.java

    public static void trustSelfSignedCertificates() {
        try {
            // Create a trust manager that does not validate certificate chains
            TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] { 
                new X509TrustManager() {     
                    public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() { 
                        return new X509Certificate[0];
                    } 
                    public void checkClientTrusted( 
                        java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
                        } 
                    public void checkServerTrusted( 
                        java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
                    }
                } 
            }; 

            SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL"); 
            sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom()); 
            HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
            // Create all-trusting host name verifier
              HostnameVerifier allHostsValid = new HostnameVerifier() {
                  public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
                      return true;
                  }
              };
 
            // Install the all-trusting host verifier
            HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(allHostsValid);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }