Jersey, Jax-rs ssl

Hello,
  I need to consume  a restAPI via SSL using jersey. The certificate for the application is self sign.  I have a class that work via http but not https. How can I re-write it to support https

public String getIssue(String issueID) 
	{
		WebResource webResource;
		ClientResponse response;
		auth = new String(Base64.encode(JConstant.ID_PASS));
		Client client = Client.create();
		//ROOTURL=https://server.net:8443
		webResource = client.resource(JiraConstant.ROOTURL+"/issue/"+issueID);
		response = webResource.header("Authorization", "Basic " + auth).type("application/json").accept("application/json").get(ClientResponse.class);
		return(response.getEntity(String.class));
	}

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Thanks