How to force Commons HTTPClient 3.1 to use TLS 1.2 only for HTTPS?

Question

I wish to force Apache Commons HTTP-Client (version 3.1) to use TLS 1.2 as the only pro

Answer 1

Too bad nobody answered; I was able to do it, first you write a CustomHttpSocketFactory, then you do:

String scheme = "https";
Protocol baseHttps = Protocol.getProtocol(scheme);
int defaultPort = baseHttps.getDefaultPort();

ProtocolSocketFactory baseFactory = baseHttps.getSocketFactory();
ProtocolSocketFactory customFactory = new CustomHttpsSocketFactory(baseFactory);

Protocol customHttps = new Protocol(scheme, customFactory, defaultPort);
Protocol.registerProtocol(scheme, customHttps); 

A sample custom socket factory code is found here, but instead I did:

public class CustomHttpsSocketFactory implements SecureProtocolSocketFactory
{

   private final SecureProtocolSocketFactory base;

   public CustomHttpsSocketFactory(ProtocolSocketFactory base)
   {
      if(base == null || !(base instanceof SecureProtocolSocketFactory)) throw new IllegalArgumentException();
      this.base = (SecureProtocolSocketFactory) base;
   }

   private Socket acceptOnlyTLS12(Socket socket)
   {
      if(!(socket instanceof SSLSocket)) return socket;
      SSLSocket sslSocket = (SSLSocket) socket;
      sslSocket.setEnabledProtocols(new String[]{"TLSv1.2" });
      return sslSocket;
   }

   @Override
   public Socket createSocket(String host, int port) throws IOException
   {
      return acceptOnlyTLS12(base.createSocket(host, port));
   }
   @Override
   public Socket createSocket(String host, int port, InetAddress localAddress, int localPort) throws IOException
   {
      return acceptOnlyTLS12(base.createSocket(host, port, localAddress, localPort));
   }
   @Override
   public Socket createSocket(String host, int port, InetAddress localAddress, int localPort, HttpConnectionParams params) throws IOException
   {
      return acceptOnlyTLS12(base.createSocket(host, port, localAddress, localPort, params));
   }
   @Override
   public Socket createSocket(Socket socket, String host, int port, boolean autoClose) throws IOException
   {
      return acceptOnlyTLS12(base.createSocket(socket, host, port, autoClose));
   }

}