Hello Roland, OK, so every application may offer the functionality to set a proxy by explict programming. HttpClient will not provide this functionality directly.
Thanks for your answer. Best regards Juergen > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:06:45 +0200 > Von: Roland Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: HttpClient User Discussion <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: Http client 3.0: Setting proxy via command line options > > Hello Jürgen, > > > Wouldn´t it be a nice feature, if via some command line options the > proxy > > can be set from outside, without the need of involving application > > programming. > > No it wouldn't. We have one architecture to configure or parameterize > all of HttpClient. Introducing some extra tricks for some of the > parameters would pollute the API. The people whose favorite parameter > is not available as system property would ask us to include that too, > and in the end we'd have a second parameterization architecture that > needs to be maintained, documented, and kept in sync. People that use > HttpClient to get rid of HttpURLConnection peculiarities would hate us > for having to write code that *prevents* the system properties from > taking effect. Access to system properties is subject to permissions, > people using HttpClient in environments with J2EE security would hate > us for having to change their security policies. And so on. > > cheers, > Roland > > PS: car broke down, used cars are insanely expensive... > I'm in a bad mood. Never mind. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
