Using an Unsigned SSL Certificate
The org.apache.axis.components.net package contains some build in work arounds. The only thing that is needed to set the property axis.socketSecureFactory=org.apache.axis.components.net.SunFakeTrustSocketFactory via the AxisProperties. Or it can be specify on the command line as one would expect.
java -jar foo.jar -Daxis.socketSecureFactory=org.apache.axis.components.net.SunFakeTrustSocketFactory