Re: Subclassing SSLSocket
"Robert" <RobertoNL@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,
I'd like to specialize a SSLSocket with the following functionality:
- after the 'normal' SSL Handshake phase, do some more stuff (as part
of an 'extended' handshake)
While trying to achieve this, I've stumbled upon the problem that the
javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket class is merely a proxy for a SocketImpl (e.g.
com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl).
The main thing I'm wondering right now is whether I really need to
subclass an Implementing class to achieve what I want to achieve? And
if so, where do I find any documentation on such an implementing
class? It seems the Java API docs only provide documentation for the
"proxy" classes...
I hope you can help me!
Maybe something like:
<pseudocode>
public class MySSLSocket extends SSLSocket{
private final SSLSocket internalSocket;
public MySSLSocket(SSLSocket ssls) {
this.internalSocket = ssls;
}
@Override
public void startHandshake() {
this.internalSocket.startHandshake();
doExtendedHandshake();
}
private void doExtendedHandshake() {
/*Do something here*/
}
}
</pseudocode>
Basically, your class acts as a wrapper around another class which
does most of the work, and you just add your extra handshaking stuff at
the appropriate place.
- Oliver
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