java tcp ip socket programming regardless of proxy type

Question

How to write TCP IP socket programming in java. If the client is behind any type of proxy (may be http or socks or no proxy).

Thanks Bapi

Answer 1

When I faced such kind of problem I had to code myself http layer (over HTTP CONNECT) and used existing (in standard library) socks layer. However the main problem is to get the proxy settings. As far as I was doing it for a Web Start application, I could use default browser settings.