Format of setting proxy server

Question

Hi All,
can anyone tell me what is the format of setting the proxy server as ,
i m just giving the http:\\username:password@ipaddress:8080
but this is not working.
I used the same ip address,which i used in my ie settings
Thanks & Regards,
Nandini Thakur.

Answer 1

I have a similar problem.
I'm trying to access a URL behind a proxy with password autenthication.
I tryed in this way:
     System.getProperties().put("proxySet", "true");
     System.getProperties().put("proxyHost", "my proxy");
     System.getProperties().put("proxyPort", "80");
     Authenticator.setDefault(new MyAuthenticator("us","pw"));          
     URL url = new URL("http://giadasvil/analisi");
     InputStream inputStream = url.openStream();
     BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream,"UTF-8"));
     StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer();          
     String str = "";
     while((str=in.readLine())!=null)
     res.append(str);
     return res.toString();               
where MyAuthenticator:
static class MyAuthenticator extends Authenticator {
     String user;
     String password;
     MyAuthenticator(String user, String password){
          this.user = user;
          this.password = password;
     protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
     return new PasswordAuthentication (this.user, this.password.toCharArray());
but I receive this exception:
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 407 for URL: http://giadasvil/analisi
can anyone help me?
I don't know if the problem can be the type of proxy.
thank in advance