HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
String url = "https://pericles.symbiont.net/jccook";
ProtocolSocketFactory socketFactory =
new EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory();
Protocol https = new Protocol( "https", socketFactory, 443);
Protocol.registerProtocol( "https", https );
HttpMethod method = new GetMethod( url );
client.executeMethod( method );
String response = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
System.out.println( response );
method.releaseConnection();
method.recycle();