<setproxy>

This is a very useful task to run before any tasks that require access to a resource that can sit outside a firewall. The <setproxy> task enables you to set the proxy settings for the JVM in which the Ant task is running within. Table 5.22 shows the attributes associated with this task.

Table 5.22. Table of <setproxy> Attributes
Attributes Description
proxyHost The name of the proxy to use for HTTP/FTP requests. The proxy is disabled if this is blank.
proxyPort Defaults to port 80 if the port of the proxyHost is not specified.
socksProxyHost The name of the SOCKS proxy server.
socksProxyPort Defaults to port 1080 if the port of the socksProxyHost is not specified.
nonProxyHosts A comma-separated list of hosts where the proxy ...

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