code: public SSLContext getSSLContextForOutboundLink(SSLConnectionLink link, VirtualConnection vc, Object address) throws ChannelException {
          if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) {
              Tr.entry(tc, "getSSLContextForOutboundLink");
          }
          TCPConnectRequestContext tcpRequest = (TCPConnectRequestContext) address;
          InetSocketAddress socket = tcpRequest.getRemoteAddress();
          // Determine the protocol of the outbound connection. Default to HTTP.
          String protocol = Constants.ENDPOINT_HTTP;
          // Look for a protocol set in the state map of the VC.
          String mapProtocol = (String) vc.getStateMap().get(OutboundProtocol.PROTOCOL);
          if (mapProtocol != null) {
              // Found the protocol specified in the VC state map.
              protocol = mapProtocol;
              if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isDebugEnabled()) {
                  Tr.debug(tc, "OutboundProtocol=" + protocol + " specified by in VC");
              }
          } else {
              // Check for the interface which provides this information.
              Object channelAccessor = ((OutboundVirtualConnection) vc).getChannelAccessor();
              if (channelAccessor instanceof OutboundProtocol) {
                  protocol = ((OutboundProtocol) channelAccessor).getProtocol();
                  if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isDebugEnabled()) {
                      Tr.debug(tc, "OutboundProtocol=" + protocol + " specified by " + channelAccessor.getClass().getName());
                  }
              }
          }
          SSLContext context = getSSLContextForLink(vc, socket.getHostName(), Integer.toString(socket.getPort()), protocol, Boolean.FALSE, link);
  
          if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) {
              Tr.exit(tc, "getSSLContextForOutboundLink");
          }
          return context;
      }
docs: This method is overloaded from the base class in order to determine the host and port
  of the connection required by the calls to the core security code which will eventually
  return an SSLContext to use. This is only used by outbound connections.
  
  @param link
  @param vc
  @param address
  @return SSLContext
  @throws ChannelException