FirefoxProxySearchStrategy (Proxy Vole 1.1.4 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.github.markusbernhardt.proxy.search.browser.firefox.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 Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

FirefoxProxySearchStrategy()
ProxySelector

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getName()`	Gets the printable name of the search strategy.
`ProxySelector`	`getProxySelector()`	Loads the proxy settings and initializes a proxy selector for the firefox proxy settings.
`Properties`	`readSettings()`	Reads the settings file and stores all settings in a Properties map.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - FirefoxProxySearchStrategy
```
public FirefoxProxySearchStrategy()
```
    ProxySelector
    
    See Also:
    
    ProxySelector()
- Method Detail
  - getProxySelector
```
public ProxySelector getProxySelector()
                               throws ProxyException
```
    Loads the proxy settings and initializes a proxy selector for the firefox proxy settings.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getProxySelector in interface ProxySearchStrategy
    
    Returns:
    
    a configured ProxySelector, null if none is found.
    
    Throws:
    
    ProxyException - on file reading error.
  - 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.