ssl connection between two applications running on tomcat

[Hemanth Gundlapudi]

Hi,
 
we have an application running on tomcat and that needs to securely communicate 
with other application running on tomcat. can someone please guide me through 
the steps how to set up the ssl connections between these two application.
 
from first application :
 
1. the request data will be sent through XML.
2. clients are securely able to communicate with the first application.
 
thanks much in advance for the help.
 
Thanks 
Hemanth