[Biojava-l] http proxy

[Schreiber, Mark]

Hi -
 
Unfortunately setting those parameters doesn't work for authenticating firewalls that require usernames and passwords. There needs to be a way to provide a Proxy to biofetch (or at least an input stream).
 
- Mark
 

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Thomas Down [mailto:td2 at sanger.ac.uk] 
	Sent: Thu 18/09/2003 9:04 p.m. 
	To: wux at mail.cbi.pku.edu.cn 
	Cc: biojava-l at biojava.org 
	Subject: Re: [Biojava-l] http proxy
	
	

	On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 04:45:06PM +0800, wux at mail.cbi.pku.edu.cn wrote:
	> Dear all:
	>
	>    There is a problem in biojava when using biofetch behind a firewall. There is no way
	> to get the httpURLconnection object and set the http proxy. I think there are two solutions:
	> 1. Modify biofetch of the OBDA proctocol, add proxyHost, proxyPort, Login, password
	>    to the tag-value pairs.
	> 2. Hard code to the BioFetchSequenceDBProvider and BioFetchSequenceDB with http proxy
	>    and let user set it.
	
	One other option: in Java, it's possible to set up proxies on
	a per-application basis by setting some system properties, e.g.:
	
	    java -Dhttp.proxyHost=gate.derkholm.net -Dhttp.proxyPort=8088 MyApp
	
	Or put these in a system properties file.
	
	Other than that...  yes, adding explicit proxy support to OBDA
	sounds like it might be a good idea.  But if so, I think it should
	be done as part of the OBDA spec (option 1) rather than a unilateral
	BioJava feature.
	
	    Thomas.
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