How do I set the proxy to be used by the JVM

Question

Many times, a Java app needs to connect to the Internet. The most common example happens when it is reading an XML file and needs to download its schema.

I am behind

Answer 1

You can set some properties about the proxy server as jvm parameters

-Dhttp.proxyPort=8080, proxyHost, etc.

but if you need pass through an authenticating proxy, you need an authenticator like this example:

ProxyAuthenticator.java

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ProxyAuthenticator extends Authenticator {

    private String userName, password;

    protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
        return new PasswordAuthentication(userName, password.toCharArray());
    }

    public ProxyAuthenticator(String userName, String password) {
        this.userName = userName;
        this.password = password;
    }
}

Example.java

    import java.net.Authenticator;
    import ProxyAuthenticator;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String username = System.getProperty("proxy.authentication.username");
        String password = System.getProperty("proxy.authentication.password");

                if (username != null && !username.equals("")) {
            Authenticator.setDefault(new ProxyAuthenticator(username, password));
        }

                // here your JVM will be authenticated

    }
}

Based on this reply: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-user/200208.mbox/%3C494FD350388AD511A9DD00025530F33102F1DC2C@MMSX006%3E