java.lang.ClassCastException: weblogic.net.http.SOAPHttpsURLConnection

ERROR : java.lang.ClassCastException: weblogic.net.http.SOAPHttpsURLConnection

The above error may occur while making a HTTP(s) connection to external resource from weblogic server because underline API uses weblogic implementation .

weblogic.net.http.HttpsURLConnection : This class is used to represent a HTTP with SSL (HTTPS) connection to a remote object.

To Overcome the above issue Add the below flag in jvm argument to tell the weblogic server to use the Sun API Http Handlers instead of weblogic API

-DUseSunHttpHandler=true