Michael Epstein wrote:
> Has anyone using the Mozilla Webclient Java interface to embedding tried
> setting a proxy server via the org.mozilla.webclient.Preferences interface?
> I'm trying something along the lines of the following:
>
> // prefs is a reference to org.mozilla.webclient.Preferences
> prefs.setPref("network.proxy.type", "1");
> prefs.setPref("network.proxy.http", "proxy.somehost.net");
> prefs.setPref("network.proxy.http_port", "8080");
>
> What seems to happen is that the type and port are set just fine, but the
> host setting does not take. Sometimes it works the first time, but if I then
> change it while Webclient is running, it does not use the new proxy host.
>
> I know cross-posting is a no no, but I think the problem is occurring below
> the Java Webclient interface. I used Java because that's what I'm familiar
> with. A similar issue seemed to occur in May 2000, but I did not see any
> responses to it (see
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=mozilla+embedding+proxy&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-
> 1&oe=ISO-8859-1&selm=8gn6di%24ppu1%40secnews.netscape.com&rnum=2 the
> message id is <8gn6di$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#1/1 and the post was sent
> by [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the netscape.public.mozilla.embedding
> newsgroup).
>
> I'm using Webclient 1.1 with Netscape 6.1 with JDK 1.3.1 on Windows 2000. I
> know this is far from the latest version of the browser and it's not even a
> Mozilla.org build, but this is the version recommended for use with
> Webclient andthe Mozilla equivalent of NS 6.1 does not seem to work). If
> this problem was corrected with a later version, I would implore the
> Webclient team to release a new build that works with a later version of
> Mozilla.
>
> I've included some sample code that lets you play with the settings. If you
> run the application, enter new settings in the rightmost column of the table
> and press the button. The middle column should then show the new settings.
> Also be sure to enter only integers for the proxy type and port; you'll get
> an exception otherwise. If it works the way it did on my setup, the type and
> port will take hold, but the hostname will not. Even stranger, if you click
> on "network.proxy.http" (in the leftmost column) after you've set new
> values, you'll get a weird string that includes the new value. This probably
> happens when the TableCellRenderer redraws, but that value is very strange,
> given that the only value I ever put in that cell was a literal string.
> Could the proxy host be added as a key instead?
>
> Thanks in advance for wading through this lengthy message,
> -Michael Epstein
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------
>
> /*
> * MozProxyPrefsTester.java
> *
> * Created on March 15, 2002, 2:54 PM
> */
>
> import java.awt.*;
> import java.awt.event.*;
>
> import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
>
> import java.util.Properties;
>
> import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
>
> import org.mozilla.webclient.*;
>
> public class MozProxyPrefsTester extends javax.swing.JFrame {
>
> private static final int CURRENT_SETTINGS_COL = 1,
> NEW_SETTINGS_COL = 2,
> TYPE_ROW = 0,
> NAME_ROW = 1,
> PORT_ROW = 2;
>
> /** Creates new form MozProxyPrefsTester */
> public MozProxyPrefsTester(String mozillaFiveHome)
> throws ClassNotFoundException, FileNotFoundException,
> IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException {
> BrowserControlFactory.setAppData(mozillaFiveHome);
> moz = BrowserControlFactory.newBrowserControl();
> navigator = (Navigation)
> moz.queryInterface(BrowserControl.NAVIGATION_NAME);
> prefs = (Preferences)
> moz.queryInterface(BrowserControl.PREFERENCES_NAME);
>
> browserWin = new Frame("Simple Browser");
> browserWin.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
> browserWin.add(((Component) moz.queryInterface(
> BrowserControl.BROWSER_CONTROL_CANVAS_NAME)),
> BorderLayout.CENTER);
> browserWin.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
> public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) {
> shutdown();
> }
> });
> /* Uncommenting the follwoing lines will add a navigation bar to the browser
> * window. Since displaying a browser in a window other than this class
> * (which is a subclass of Frame) seems to cause an
> * org.mozilla.util.AssertionFailureException, this window is not shown, so
> * this section is not used and thus commented out.
> */
> /*
> Panel navPanel = new Panel();
> navPanel.add(new Label("Location: "));
> browserWin.add(navPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
>
> navField = new TextField(30);
> navField.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
> public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
> navigator.loadURL(navField.getText());
> }
> });
> navPanel.add(navField);
> */
> initComponents();
> browserWin.show();
> /* Navigating to a page in this window causes an exception (see comment
> above),
> * so since we don't need to show it to test preferences, we'll hide to keep
> it
> * out of trouble.
> */
> browserWin.hide();
> getProxySettings();
> this.show();
> }
>
> private void getProxySettings() {
> Properties mozPrefs = prefs.getPrefs();
> TableModel model = prefsTable.getModel();
> model.setValueAt(mozPrefs.getProperty("network.proxy.type"),
> TYPE_ROW, CURRENT_SETTINGS_COL);
> model.setValueAt(mozPrefs.getProperty("network.proxy.http"),
> NAME_ROW, CURRENT_SETTINGS_COL);
> model.setValueAt(mozPrefs.getProperty("network.proxy.http_port"),
> PORT_ROW, CURRENT_SETTINGS_COL);
> } // getProxySettings
>
> private void setProxySettings() {
> prefsTable.getCellEditor().stopCellEditing(); // finish an editing
> session if one is in progress
> TableModel model = prefsTable.getModel();
> prefs.setPref("network.proxy.type",
> String.valueOf(model.getValueAt(TYPE_ROW, NEW_SETTINGS_COL)));
> model.setValueAt("", TYPE_ROW, NEW_SETTINGS_COL);
> prefs.setPref("network.proxy.http",
> String.valueOf(model.getValueAt(NAME_ROW, NEW_SETTINGS_COL)));
> model.setValueAt("", NAME_ROW, NEW_SETTINGS_COL);
> prefs.setPref("network.proxy.http_port",
> String.valueOf(model.getValueAt(PORT_ROW, NEW_SETTINGS_COL)));
> model.setValueAt("", PORT_ROW, NEW_SETTINGS_COL);
> getProxySettings();
> } // setProxySettings
>
> private void shutdown() {
> try {
> this.hide();
> this.dispose();
> browserWin.hide();
> browserWin.dispose();
> BrowserControlFactory.deleteBrowserControl(moz);
> System.exit(0);
> } // try
> catch (Exception e) {
> System.exit(1);
> }
> } // shutdown
>
> /** This method is called from within the constructor to
> * initialize the form.
> * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
> * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
> */
> private void initComponents() {
> infoPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
> prefsTableScroller = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
> prefsTable = new javax.swing.JTable();
> applySettingsButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
>
> setTitle("Mozilla Proxy Preferences Tester");
>
> setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
> addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
> public void windowClosing(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
> exitForm(evt);
> }
> });
>
> infoPanel.setLayout(new java.awt.GridBagLayout());
> java.awt.GridBagConstraints gridBagConstraints1;
>
> prefsTable.setModel(new javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel(
> new Object [][] {
> {"network.proxy.type", null, null},
> {"network.proxy.http", null, null},
> {"network.proxy.http_port", null, null}
> },
> new String [] {
> "Property", "Current Value", "New Value"
> }
> ) {
> boolean[] canEdit = new boolean [] {
> false, false, true
> };
>
> public boolean isCellEditable(int rowIndex, int columnIndex)
> {
> return canEdit [columnIndex];
> }
> });
> prefsTableScroller.setViewportView(prefsTable);
>
> gridBagConstraints1 = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
> gridBagConstraints1.gridx = 0;
> gridBagConstraints1.gridy = 0;
> gridBagConstraints1.insets = new java.awt.Insets(0, 0, 3, 0);
> infoPanel.add(prefsTableScroller, gridBagConstraints1);
>
> applySettingsButton.setText("Apply New Settings");
> applySettingsButton.addActionListener(new
> java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
> public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
> applySettingsButtonActionPerformed(evt);
> }
> });
>
> gridBagConstraints1 = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
> gridBagConstraints1.gridx = 0;
> gridBagConstraints1.gridy = 1;
> gridBagConstraints1.insets = new java.awt.Insets(3, 0, 0, 0);
> infoPanel.add(applySettingsButton, gridBagConstraints1);
>
> getContentPane().add(infoPanel, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
>
> pack();
> }
>
> private void
> applySettingsButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
> setProxySettings();
> }
>
> private void exitForm(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
> shutdown();
> }
>
> public static void main(String args[]) {
> try {
> if (args.length > 0) {
> new MozProxyPrefsTester(args[0]);
> }
> else {
> new MozProxyPrefsTester("C:\\PROGRA~1\\Netscape\\NETSCA~1");
> }
> } // try
> catch (Exception e) {
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
>
>
> // Variables declaration - do not modify
> private javax.swing.JPanel infoPanel;
> private javax.swing.JScrollPane prefsTableScroller;
> private javax.swing.JTable prefsTable;
> private javax.swing.JButton applySettingsButton;
> // End of variables declaration
>
> private Frame browserWin;
> private BrowserControl moz;
> private TextField navField;
> private Navigation navigator;
> private Preferences prefs;
> }
>
>
>
Mike,
That should work..could be a bug.
I can suggest a workaround, not sure if that will work in your case.
How about changing these settings through java? I mean using the System
class instead?
-Jeet
