private String sendRequest(String service, String xmlRequest) throws ExecutionException {
    HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
    String response = null;
    PostMethod method = new PostMethod("/xmlIM/" + service);
    method.setRequestBody(xmlRequest);

    try {
        org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.Protocol myhttps = new org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.Protocol("https", new EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory(), 443);
        client.getHostConfiguration().setHost(_ip, 443, myhttps);
        int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);

        if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
            throw new Exception("Error code : " + statusCode);
        }
        response = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        throw new ExecutionException(e.getMessage());
    }
    System.out.println(response);
    return response;
}
 

private void initSSLCertPolicy() {
  EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory secureProtocolSocketFactory = new EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory();
  Protocol.registerProtocol("https", new Protocol("https", (ProtocolSocketFactory)secureProtocolSocketFactory, 443));
}