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

  • 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.
    • findSettingsFile

      private File findSettingsFile(String context)
      Finds the Gnome GConf settings file.
      Parameters:
      context - the gconf context to parse.
      Returns:
      a file or null if does not exist.
    • setupFixedProxySelector

      private ProxySelector setupFixedProxySelector(Properties settings)
      Parse the fixed proxy settings and build an ProxySelector for this a chained configuration.
      Parameters:
      settings - the proxy settings to evaluate.
    • useForAllProtocols

      private boolean useForAllProtocols(Properties settings)
      Check if the http proxy should also be used for all other protocols.
      Parameters:
      settings - to inspect.
      Returns:
      true if only one proxy is configured else false.
    • hasProxySettings

      private boolean hasProxySettings(Properties settings)
      Checks if we have Proxy configuration settings in the properties.
      Parameters:
      settings - to inspect.
      Returns:
      true if we have found Proxy settings.
    • installHttpSelector

      private void installHttpSelector(Properties settings, ProtocolDispatchSelector ps) throws NumberFormatException
      Install a http proxy from the given settings.
      Parameters:
      settings - to inspect
      ps - the dispatch selector to configure.
      Throws:
      NumberFormatException
    • installSocksSelector

      private void installSocksSelector(Properties settings, ProtocolDispatchSelector ps) throws NumberFormatException
      Install a socks proxy from the given settings.
      Parameters:
      settings - to inspect
      ps - the dispatch selector to configure.
      Throws:
      NumberFormatException
    • installFtpSelector

      private void installFtpSelector(Properties settings, ProtocolDispatchSelector ps) throws NumberFormatException
      Parameters:
      settings -
      ps -
      Throws:
      NumberFormatException
    • installSecureSelector

      private void installSecureSelector(Properties settings, ProtocolDispatchSelector ps) throws NumberFormatException
      Parameters:
      settings -
      ps -
      Throws:
      NumberFormatException
    • parseSettings

      private Properties parseSettings(String context, Properties settings) throws IOException
      Parse the settings file and extract all network.proxy.* settings from it.
      Parameters:
      context - the gconf context to parse.
      settings - the settings object to fill.
      Returns:
      the parsed properties.
      Throws:
      IOException - on read error.
    • getEntryValue

      private String getEntryValue(Element entry)
      Parse an entry value from a given entry node.
      Parameters:
      entry - the XML node to inspect.
      Returns:
      the value, null if it has no value.