Problem loading image from HTTPS

Question

I am having trouble loading an image in Java client , the image is coming from a secure server.
My code looks as follows
Image image = null;
try
// just substituting my image with the secure image I found on sun site
URL url = new URL("https://www.sun.com/im/sun_logo.gif");
image = getToolkit().getImage(url);
catch(MalformedURLException e )
System.err.println("invalid URL");
if (image == null)
     System.err.println("null image");
MediaTracker mediaTrack = new MediaTracker(this);
try
     mediaTrack.addImage(image, 0);
     mediaTrack.waitForAll();
} catch (InterruptedException ie)
System.err.println("Interrupted Exception");
if (mediaTrack.isErrorAny())
System.err.println("Error loading the image");
Initialy I got MalformedURLException but then I switched to jdk1.4.2 and set the following system property and got passed that part but now I am getting error when MediaTracker tries to load the image.
System.getProperties().put("java.protocol.handler.pkgs","com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");
I need to know if there is a better way of loading the image and if possible without having to set the system property.
Thank you

Answer 1

Have you tried using the HttpsURLConnection class introduced in JDK 1.4?