"java.io.IOException: HTTPS hostname wrong" when connecting to HTTPS server

Issue

• The following exception appears when a JBoss WS client is connecting via HTTPS to http://a.example.com.

    Caused by: org.jboss.remoting.CannotConnectException: Can not connect http client invoker. HTTPS hostname wrong:  should be <c.example.com>.
         at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.useHttpURLConnection(HTTPClientInvoker.java:380)
         at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.transport(HTTPClientInvoker.java:149)
         at org.jboss.remoting.MicroRemoteClientInvoker.invoke(MicroRemoteClientInvoker.java:141)
         at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:1935)
         at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:788)
         at org.jboss.ws.core.client.RemotingConnectionImpl.invoke(RemotingConnectionImpl.java:190)
         ... 7 more
    Caused by: java.io.IOException: HTTPS hostname wrong:  should be <b.example.com>
         at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.checkURLSpoofing(Unknown Source)
         at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(Unknown Source)
         at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
         at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)
         at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionOldImpl.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)
         at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.useHttpURLConnection(HTTPClientInvoker.java:300)
         ... 12 more