How to fix java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory in eclipse
If you use IBM’s WebSphere plugin for eclipse you might have the problem that other plugins can’t establish an SSL connection anymore. The result is most times a ClassNotFoundException: com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory. This blog explains the reason behind the problem and gives a workaround to prevent that exception. Problem description When a component within eclipse (e.g. atlassian jira connector) tries to connect to an SSL socket a ClassNotFoundException: com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory is thrown. This exception is often the root cause of other exceptions. Caused by: java.net.SocketException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory at javax.net.ssl.DefaultSSLSocketFactory.throwException(SSLSocketFactory.java:198) at javax.net.ssl.DefaultSSLSocketFactory.createSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:205) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ReflectionSocketFactory.createSocket(ReflectionSocketFactory.java:116) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.SSLProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(SSLProtocolSocketFactory.java:130) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.open(HttpConnection.java:707) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager$HttpConnectionAdapter.open(MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager.java:1361) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:387) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397) at com.sun.jersey.client.apache.DefaultApacheHttpMethodExecutor.executeMethod(DefaultApacheHttpMethodExecutor.java:210) … 18 more… Read More »How to fix java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory in eclipse