Name: pa48320			Date: 08/05/2002

I am trying to write some code that accesses an https site by redirecting through a login site. When the httpsConnection follows the redirect I get an error that there is no protocol:

java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: /servlet/SessionServlet?ssaction=showLoginInvalid&url=/partner/bugs/data/bugs/4049125.html

        at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:579) 
        at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:476) 
        at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:425) 
        at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.followRedirect(HttpURLConnection.java:1074) 
        at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:668) 
        at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(DashoA6275) 
        at HTMLScrapeMain$HTMLScrapeMainInnerAdapter0.JButton1ActionPerformedHandler1(HTMLScrapeMain.java:369) 

If I turn off InstanceFollowsRedirect then I get a response back of "Temporarily Moved". This is in 1.4.1. Any ideas what needs to be set for this to work?

Here's the code: 

                                java.net.URL u = new java.net.URL("https", "javapartner.sun.com", -1, "/servlet/SessionServlet");

                                java.net.HttpURLConnection uc = (java.net.HttpURLConnection)u.openConnection(); 
                                uc.setRequestMethod("POST"); 
//                              uc.connect(); 
                                // Make sure browser doesn't cache this URL. 
                                uc.setUseCaches(false); 
                                uc.setFollowRedirects(false); 
                                uc.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false); 

                                // Tell browser to allow me to send data to server. 
                                uc.setDoOutput(true); 
                        ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = 
                                        new ByteArrayOutputStream(512); // Grows if necessary 
                                // Stream that writes into buffer 
                                PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(byteStream, true); 
                                String postData = 
                                        "ssaction="+URLEncoder.encode("login")+ 
                                        "&url=" + URLEncoder.encode("/partner/bugs/data/bugs/4049125.html") + 
                                        "&UserId=" + URLEncoder.encode("<userID>")+ 
                                        "&Password="+URLEncoder.encode("<passwd>"); 

                                // Write POST data into local buffer 
                                out.print(postData); 
                                out.flush(); // Flush since above used print, not println 

                                // POST requests are required to have Content-Length 
                                String lengthString = 
                                String.valueOf(byteStream.size()); 
                                uc.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", lengthString); 

                                uc.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); 
      
                        // Write POST data to real output stream 
                        byteStream.writeTo(uc.getOutputStream()); 

                                BufferedReader in = 
                                new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader 
                             (uc.getInputStream())); 
                        String line; 
                        String linefeed = "\n"; 
                        outField.setText(""); 
                        while((line = in.readLine()) != null) 
                                { 
                                outField.append(line); 
                                outField.append(linefeed); 
                        } 
                                System.out.println(uc.getResponseMessage()); 
                                uc.disconnect(); 


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