HostnameVerifier

AI-generated Key Takeaways

HostnameVerifier is the base interface for verifying the hostname during SSL/TLS handshakes.
When a URL's hostname and server's identification hostname don't match, implementations of this interface decide whether the connection should be allowed.
This interface provides a way to define custom hostname verification policies, which can be certificate-based or depend on other authentication schemes.
The verify() method is the core of this interface and allows developers to implement custom hostname verification logic.

public interface HostnameVerifier

This class is the base interface for hostname verification.

During handshaking, if the URL's hostname and the server's identification hostname mismatch, the verification mechanism can call back to implementers of this interface to determine if this connection should be allowed.

The policies can be certificate-based or may depend on other authentication schemes.

These callbacks are used when the default rules for URL hostname verification fail.

Public Method Summary

abstract boolean

verify(String hostname, SSLSession session)

Verify that the host name is an acceptable match with the server's authentication scheme.

Public Methods

public abstract boolean verify (String hostname, SSLSession session)