SSL with RestTemplate to localhost

Application.java

import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;

import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;

public class Application {

    static {
        System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "/opt/cert/trustStore");
        System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", "s3cret");

        // workaround for localhost
        HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier( new HostnameVerifier() {
            @Override
            public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession sslSession) {
                if (hostname.equals("localhost")) {
                    return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
        });
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
        String message = restTemplate.getForObject("https://localhost:8443/myapp/echo", String.class);
        System.out.println(message);
    }
}