Example of overridding self signed cert process in spring.

self-signed-trust-cert

@Component
@Profile("untrusted")
public class SelfSignedTrustCertConfigurer {

	private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SelfSignedTrustCertConfigurer.class.getName());

	@PostConstruct
	public void allowUntrustedCerts() {
		HostnameVerifier hv = new HostnameVerifier() {
			public boolean verify(String urlHostName, SSLSession session) {
				logger.warn("Warning: URL Host: " + urlHostName + " vs. " + session.getPeerHost());
				return true;
			}
		};

		// Create a trust manager that does not validate certificate chains
		TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] { new X509TrustManager() {
			public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
				return null;
			}

			public void checkClientTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
			}

			public void checkServerTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
			}

		} };

		// Install the all-trusting trust manager
		try {
			SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
			sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
			HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
			HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(hv);
		} catch (Exception e) {
		}
	}
}