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Subject: Re: IllegalArgumentException with Socket API and Proxy with Proxy.Type.HTTP
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:36:35 -0700
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On 7/26/2012 10:00 AM, Greg wrote:
> I am trying to create a socket with the proxy type of HTTP.  Every
> time the socket is created an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.  I
> have learned from googling that the HTTP proxy is unsupported in
> sockets.  What is the work around?  Does anyone know?  Any help would
> be much appreciated as there doesn't seem to be an answer readily
> available that I can find.
>
> Greg
>

You can set up proxies in the Java Control Panel.