i have some java client code that uses URLConnection with JSSE (System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol") to establish an SSL connection to a secure server. After i connect to the secure server i need to read a header field (redirectURL) into my code. I can do all of this no problem, but when i try to connect to the URL that i read in from the header of the first page, i get a "java.net.SocketException: Socket closed" message back in my Java Console.

here's the applicable code:

			

			

			System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");
			

			

				

				System.setProperty("javax.net.debug", "all");
			
			

				

				db.recycle();
			
			

				

				byte b;
			
			

				

				URL sourceURL = new URL(theurl);
			
			

				

				File destinationFile = new File(fileName);
			
			

				

				String userPassword = theUsername + ":" + thePassword;
			
			

				

				String encoding = new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode (userPassword.getBytes());
			
			

				

				URLConnection uc = sourceURL.openConnection();
			
			

				

				uc.setRequestProperty ("Authorization", "Basic " + encoding);
			
			

				

				String headfield = uc.getHeaderField(5);
			
			

				

				//System.out.println(headfield);
			
			

				

				String nexturlstring = headfield;  //this is the redirect URL string
			
			

				

				URL nextURL = new URL(nexturlstring);
			
			

				

				//System.out.println("pre next connect");
			
			

				

				URLConnection nextuc = nextURL.openConnection();
			
			

				

				nextuc.setRequestProperty ("Authorization", "Basic " + encoding);
			
			

				

				

				System.out.println("get datainputstream");
			
			

			

				

				

				//HERE'S WHERE THE EXCEPTION IS THROWN!!!
			
			

			

				

				DataInputStream dataIn = new DataInputStream(nextuc.getInputStream());
			
			

			
System.out.println("get dataoutputstream");
			

				

				DataOutputStream dataOut = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(destinationFile));
			
		

I'm not a heavy Java programmer, so there may be a simple solution that I'm overlooking. So, in a nutshell, can you create an SSL connection to a server, and then use a header field containing a URL to redirect to another URL without throwing a SocketException. Thanks in advance for your help Java gurus!