Check for SSL Certificates Before Connection

	private static String sendGetHttps(String url) 
	{
		BufferedReader in = null;
		try{
			logger.info("Connecting to url: " + url);
			URL obj = new URL(url);
			HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection) obj.openConnection();

			con.setRequestMethod("GET");
			int responseCode = con.getResponseCode(); 
			logger.info("Response Code after connecting to url: " + responseCode);
			in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
			String inputLine;
			StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
			while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
				response.append(inputLine);
			}
			in.close();
			logger.info("Response String: " + response.toString());
			
			return response.toString();
		}catch(Exception e ){
			throw new PMRException(e.getMessage(),e);
		}
		finally
		{
			if(in!= null)
			{
				try
				{
					in.close();
				}
				catch(Exception e)
				{
				
				}
			}
		}
	}

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	public static void getSSLCertificate(String keyStoreLocation, String keyStorePassword, String jksPassword) {
		
		final char[] JKS_PASSWORD = jksPassword.toCharArray();
		final char[] KEY_PASSWORD = keyStorePassword.toCharArray();
		
		try {
			
			// Get the JKS contents 
			final KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
			keyStore.load(new FileInputStream(new File(keyStoreLocation)), JKS_PASSWORD);
			final KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance(KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
			kmf.init(keyStore, KEY_PASSWORD);
			final TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
			tmf.init(keyStore);
			
			 // Creates a socket factory for HttpsURLConnection using JKS contents
			final SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
			sc.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), tmf.getTrustManagers(), new java.security.SecureRandom());
			final SSLSocketFactory socketFactory = sc.getSocketFactory();
			HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(socketFactory);
			
		} catch (IOException exc) {
			throw new RuntimeException(exc);
		} catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

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javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Unknown Source)

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public class ProgramTest {
	public static void main(String[] args){
		try {
			NetUtils.getSSLCertificate("c:/Users/kingw/.keystore", "changeit", "changeit"); 
			NetUtils.sendGet("https://testing.dev.cfed.local/api/auth/" + "c076utf5-2aaa-4b58-92d3-981dyhfefvgyyh" + "/" + "22");
		}catch(Exception e){
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		
	}
}

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