Package com.github.markusbernhardt.proxy.search.desktop.gnome

Class GnomeProxySearchStrategy

java.lang.Object
com.github.markusbernhardt.proxy.search.desktop.gnome.GnomeProxySearchStrategy
All Implemented Interfaces:
ProxySearchStrategy
public class GnomeProxySearchStrategy extends Object implements ProxySearchStrategy
Loads the Gnome proxy settings from the Gnome GConf settings.

The following settings are extracted from the configuration that is stored in .gconf folder found in the user's home directory:

  • /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy -> bool used only by gnome-vfs
  • /system/http_proxy/host -> string "my-proxy.example.com" without "http://"
  • /system/http_proxy/port -> int
  • /system/http_proxy/use_authentication -> bool
  • /system/http_proxy/authentication_user -> string
  • /system/http_proxy/authentication_password -> string
  • /system/http_proxy/ignore_hosts -> list-of-string
  • /system/proxy/mode -> string THIS IS THE CANONICAL KEY; SEE BELOW
  • /system/proxy/secure_host -> string "proxy-for-https.example.com"
  • /system/proxy/secure_port -> int
  • /system/proxy/ftp_host -> string "proxy-for-ftp.example.com"
  • /system/proxy/ftp_port -> int
  • /system/proxy/socks_host -> string "proxy-for-socks.example.com"
  • /system/proxy/socks_port -> int
  • /system/proxy/autoconfig_url -> string "http://proxy-autoconfig.example.com"
/system/proxy/mode can be either:
"none" -> No proxy is used
"manual" -> The user's configuration values are used (/system/http_proxy/{host,port,etc.})
"auto" -> The "/system/proxy/autoconfig_url" key is used

GNOME Proxy_configuration settings are explained here in detail

Author:
Markus Bernhardt, Copyright 2016, Bernd Rosstauscher, Copyright 2009

  • Constructor Details

    • GnomeProxySearchStrategy

      public GnomeProxySearchStrategy()
      ProxySelector
      See Also:

  • Method Details

    • getProxySelector

      public ProxySelector getProxySelector() throws ProxyException
      Loads the proxy settings and initializes a proxy selector for the Gnome 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
      Load the proxy settings from the gconf settings XML file.
      Returns:
      the loaded settings stored in a properties object.
      Throws:
      ProxyException - on processing error.