Is SSLSocket mandatory to use with https?

[Pranav Pal]

I have a server running for requests from client.
Client will send requests using cURL or browser and it uses HTTPS protocol.
In this case, is it mandatory for my server to use SSLSocket for establishing a connection or a normal Socket would work?

[Lester Burnham]

Unless you have specific reasons to use sockets, it'd be easier to use the URL class -to which you can pass an HTTPS URL-, and then to get the connection from the URL object.

[Pranav Pal]

If I have to use sockets, does it have to be SSLSocket?

[Lester Burnham]

SSLSockets know how to handle SSL, and that's what you want to achieve, correct? Standard sockets know nothing about SSL.

[Pranav Pal]

Thanks for the replies, Lester.