Get the Server Certificate from a TLS Connection

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Demonstrates Socket.GetServerCert, which copies the certificate presented by the remote TLS server into a Cert object for inspection.

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Cert;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Socket;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Socket socket = new Socket();

        // Connect to the server using TLS.
        boolean bTls = true;
        int maxWaitMs = 5000;
        try {
            socket.connect("example.com", 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Copy the certificate presented by the remote TLS server, then inspect it.  This can be used to
        // validate the server's identity.
        Cert cert = new Cert();
        try {
            socket.getServerCert(cert);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Server certificate subject: " + cert.getSubjectCN());
        System.out.println("Issued by: " + cert.getIssuerCN());
    }
}