Can AspectJ weave through sun.net.* packages?

Question

I'm using AspectJ to intercept java.net.Socket calls.

I've created very simple aspect

after(): call(* java.net.Socket.connect(..)) {
    System.out.println("Connect intercepted!");
}

and aop.xml

When the call stack is like this, then I can see the console output:

java.lang.Exception
    at com.iggroup.lightstreamer.nwtp.SocketExceptionLoggingAspect.ajc$after$com_iggroup_lightstreamer_nwtp_SocketExceptionLoggingAspect$2$6e16217c(SocketExceptionLoggingAspect.aj:39)
    at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:337)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.connect(DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.java:134)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.connect(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.java:353)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.establishRoute(MainClientExec.java:380)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.execute(MainClientExec.java:236)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ProtocolExec.execute(ProtocolExec.java:184)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec.execute(RetryExec.java:88)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RedirectExec.execute(RedirectExec.java:110)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.doExecute(InternalHttpClient.java:184)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:82)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:55)
    at org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest.executeInternal(HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest.java:91)
    at org.springframework.http.client.AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.executeInternal(AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java:48)
    at org.springframework.http.client.AbstractClientHttpRequest.execute(AbstractClientHttpRequest.java:53)
    at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:596)
    at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:557)
    at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.exchange(RestTemplate.java:475)
    at com.iggroup.lightstreamer.nwtp.users.SsoRestClientImpl.lambda$0(SsoRestClientImpl.java:68)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

But nothing is logged out when the call stack is like this:

Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
                at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:79) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:668) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:173) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:180) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:432) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:527) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:781) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:647) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1536) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1441) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:254) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
                at com.lightstreamer.ls_client.HttpProvider.connectAndGetAnswer(HttpProvider.java:244) ~[lightstreamer-se-client-2.5.2-1110.jar:na]

I wonder if it is because the sun.net.* packages are not load-time-weaved due to some security manager restrictions.

Does anyone know how to get it work with sun.net.* packages?

Update 1

I confirm that I can intercept the ls_client.HttpProvider.connectAndGetAnswer call, but not the one above it (sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream).

Is sun.* possible to weave with AspectJ?

Can AspectJ weave through sun.net.* packages?

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