import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.*;

public class FTPApp {
private static void showServerReply(FTPSClient ftpClient) {
    String[] replies = ftpClient.getReplyStrings();
    if (replies != null && replies.length > 0) {
        for (String aReply : replies) {
            System.out.println("SERVER: " + aReply);
        }
    }
}

public static void main(String[] args) {

    String server = "ftp.availity.com";
    int port = 21;
    String user = "user";
    String pass = "pass";
    FTPSClient ftpClient = new FTPSClient();

    try {
        ftpClient.connect( server, port);
        showServerReply(ftpClient);
        int replyCode = ftpClient.getReplyCode();
        if (!FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(replyCode)) {
            System.out.println("Operation failed. Server reply code: " + replyCode);
            return;
        }
        boolean success = ftpClient.login(user, pass);
        showServerReply(ftpClient);
        if (!success) {
            System.out.println("Could not login to the server");
            return;
        } else {
            System.out.println("LOGGED IN SERVER");
        }
    } catch (IOException ex) {
        System.out.println("Oops! Something wrong happened");
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
}

at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPSClient.execAUTH(FTPSClient.java:242)
at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPSClient._connectAction_(FTPSClient.java:225)
at org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient._connect(SocketClient.java:244)
at org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient.connect(SocketClient.java:202)
at FTPApp.main(FTPApp.java:23)