Dec 08

How to tell a Java application to use a proxy server?

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Set the following system properties

  • http.proxyHost
  • http.proxyPort

java -Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy.objects.com.au -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080 au.com.objects.MyApplication

To do the same programatically use the System classess setProperty() method

   System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", proxyHostname);
   System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", proxyPort);

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