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package edu.rit.csh.androidwebnews;

import android.content.Context;

import org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionManager;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SchemeRegistry;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.conn.SingleClientConnManager;

import java.security.KeyStore;

/**
 * The HTTP client used in the get and post request to webnews.csh.rit.edu.
 * This client allows the use of the custom CSH certificate and can work with
 * both HTTP and HTTPS requests.
 *
 * @author JD
 */
class WebnewsHttpClient extends DefaultHttpClient {

    private final Context context;

    public WebnewsHttpClient(Context context) {
        this.context = context;
    }

    /**
     * Sets up the client connection with the correct schemes
     *
     * @return ClientConnectionManager
     */
    @Override
    protected ClientConnectionManager createClientConnectionManager() {
        SchemeRegistry registry = new SchemeRegistry();
        //registry.register(new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 80));
        // Register for port 443 our SSLSocketFactory with our keystore
        // to the ConnectionManager
        registry.register(new Scheme("https", newSslSocketFactory(), 443));
        return new SingleClientConnManager(getParams(), registry);
    }

    /**
     * Makes the SSL cert work correctly.
     *
     * @return SSLSocketFactory - provides the SSLFactory for communicating
     *         with the scheme
     */
    private SSLSocketFactory newSslSocketFactory() {
        try {
            // Get an instance of the Bouncy Castle KeyStore format
            KeyStore trusted = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
            trusted.load(null, null);
            // Pass the keystore to the SSLSocketFactory. The factory is responsible
            // for the verification of the server certificate.
            SSLSocketFactory sf = new WebnewsSocketFactory(trusted);
            // Hostname verification from certificate
            // http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/tutorial/html/connmgmt.html#d4e506
            sf.setHostnameVerifier(SSLSocketFactory.STRICT_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);
            return sf;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new AssertionError(e);
        }
    }
}