Class FirefoxProxySearchStrategy

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    ProxySearchStrategy

    public class FirefoxProxySearchStrategy
    extends Object
    implements ProxySearchStrategy
    Loads the Firefox3 proxy settings from the users Firefox3 settings. This will load the file prefs.js that is located in the

    .mozilla/firefox/(profile)/ folder.

    See Mozilla_Networking_Preferences for an explanation of the proxy settings.

    The following settings are extracted from this file:

    Some generic settings:
    • network.proxy.type -> n/a = use system settings, 0 = direct, 1 = Fixed proxy settings, 2 = proxy script (PAC), 3 = also direct , 4 = auto detect (WPAD)
    • network.proxy.share_proxy_settings -> true = use same proxy for all protocols
    • network.proxy.no_proxies_on -> a comma separated ignore list.
    • network.proxy.autoconfig_url -> a URL to an proxy configuration script
    Host names and ports per protocol are stored in the following settings:
    • network.proxy.http
    • network.proxy.http_port
    • network.proxy.ssl
    • network.proxy.ssl_port
    • network.proxy.ftp
    • network.proxy.ftp_port
    • network.proxy.gopher
    • network.proxy.gopher_port
    • network.proxy.socks
    • network.proxy.socks_port
    • network.proxy.socks_version -> 4 or 5

    Note that if there are more than one profile the first profile found will be used.

    Author:
    Markus Bernhardt, Copyright 2016, Bernd Rosstauscher, Copyright 2009
    • Constructor Detail

      • FirefoxProxySearchStrategy

        public FirefoxProxySearchStrategy()
        ProxySelector
        See Also:
        ProxySelector()
    • Method Detail

      • getName

        public String getName()
        Gets the printable name of the search strategy.
        Specified by:
        getName in interface ProxySearchStrategy
        Returns:
        the printable name of the search strategy
      • readSettings

        public Properties readSettings()
                                throws ProxyException
        Reads the settings file and stores all settings in a Properties map.
        Returns:
        the parsed settings.
        Throws:
        ProxyException - on read error.