Httpurlconnection and Proxy settings

Question

hi all,
I wrote a servlet that uses an HTTPUrlConnection to get a page from a remote server and the code looks like this :
url = new URL(urlstr);
HttpURLConnection uc = null;
System.getProperties().put( "proxySet", "true" );
System.getProperties().put( "proxyHost", "[myproxyhost]");
System.getProperties().put( "proxyPort", "[myproxyport]);          
uc = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
The code works fine for the particular connection.
If I need to get another page though another connection that needs no Proxy settings, it doesn't work.
How can I deactivate the proxy settings between the two connections?
And, finally, how can I leave the System settings in the same state as before the code execution?
Thank you.
Nicola

Answer 1

You could trySystem.getProperties().put( "proxySet", "false" );to temporarily turn off the proxy settings. Or you could trySystem.getProperties().remove( "proxySet");
// and the other two similarlyto remove those system properties.