这是一个对我有用的完整示例-注意，对于HTTPS有单独的属性(根据https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/net/proxies.html)。

下面的代码向https://api.myip.com API发送请求并打印响应。

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    System.setProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies", "true");
    final String proxyUser = "proxy-user";
    final String proxyPass = "password123";
    final String host = "some.proxy.io";
    final Integer port = 50201;

    // http
    System.setProperty("http.proxyHost",host);
    System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", String.valueOf(port));
    System.setProperty("http.proxyUser", proxyUser);
    System.setProperty("http.proxyPassword", proxyPass);

    // https
    System.setProperty("https.proxyHost",host);
    System.setProperty("https.proxyPort", String.valueOf(port));
    System.setProperty("https.proxyUser", proxyUser);
    System.setProperty("https.proxyPassword", proxyPass);

    System.setProperty("jdk.http.auth.tunneling.disabledSchemes", "");
    System.setProperty("jdk.https.auth.tunneling.disabledSchemes", "");

    Authenticator.setDefault(new Authenticator() {
                @Override
                public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
                    return new PasswordAuthentication(proxyUser, proxyPass.toCharArray());
                }
        }
    );

    // create and send a https request to myip.com API
    URL url = new URL("https://api.myip.com");
    HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
    connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
    int status = connection.getResponseCode();
    
    // read the response
    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
    String responseLine;
    StringBuffer responseContent = new StringBuffer();
    while ((responseLine = in.readLine()) != null) 
        responseContent.append(responseLine);
    
    in.close();
    connection.disconnect();
    
    // print the response
    System.out.println(status);
    System.out.println(responseContent);
}

You can utilize the http.proxy* JVM variables if you're within a standalone JVM but you SHOULD NOT modify their startup scripts and/or do this within your application server (except maybe jboss or tomcat). Instead you should utilize the JAVA Proxy API (not System.setProperty) or utilize the vendor's own configuration options. Both WebSphere and WebLogic have very defined ways of setting up the proxies that are far more powerful than the J2SE one. Additionally, for WebSphere and WebLogic you will likely break your application server in little ways by overriding the startup scripts (particularly the server's interop processes as you might be telling them to use your proxy as well...).

这是一个小更新，但是从Java 7开始，现在可以通过编程方式创建代理连接，而不是通过系统属性。这可能是有用的，如果:

代理需要在程序运行时动态旋转 需要使用多个并行代理 或者只是让你的代码更干净:)

这是groovy中一个人为的例子:

// proxy configuration read from file resource under "proxyFileName"
String proxyFileName = "proxy.txt"
String proxyPort = "1234"
String url = "http://www.promised.land"
File testProxyFile = new File(proxyFileName)
URLConnection connection

if (!testProxyFile.exists()) {

    logger.debug "proxyFileName doesn't exist.  Bypassing connection via proxy."
    connection = url.toURL().openConnection()

} else {
    String proxyAddress = testProxyFile.text
    connection = url.toURL().openConnection(new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress(proxyAddress, proxyPort)))
}

try {
    connection.connect()
}
catch (Exception e) {
    logger.error e.printStackTrace()
}

全部参考: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/net/proxies.html

可以将代理服务器的一些属性设置为jvm参数

-Dhttp。proxyPort=8080, proxyHost，等等。

但是如果你需要通过一个认证代理，你需要一个像下面这样的验证器:

ProxyAuthenticator.java

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ProxyAuthenticator extends Authenticator {

    private String userName, password;

    protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
        return new PasswordAuthentication(userName, password.toCharArray());
    }

    public ProxyAuthenticator(String userName, String password) {
        this.userName = userName;
        this.password = password;
    }
}

Example.java

    import java.net.Authenticator;
    import ProxyAuthenticator;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String username = System.getProperty("proxy.authentication.username");
        String password = System.getProperty("proxy.authentication.password");

                if (username != null && !username.equals("")) {
            Authenticator.setDefault(new ProxyAuthenticator(username, password));
        }

                // here your JVM will be authenticated

    }
}

根据这个回复: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-user/200208.mbox/%3C494FD350388AD511A9DD00025530F33102F1DC2C@MMSX006%3E

这对我来说很管用:

public void setHttpProxy(boolean isNeedProxy) {
    if (isNeedProxy) {
        System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", getProxyHost());
        System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", getProxyPort());
    } else {
        System.clearProperty("http.proxyHost");
        System.clearProperty("http.proxyPort");
    }
}

P/S:我基于GHad的回答。

如果你想要“Socks Proxy”，通知“socksProxyHost”和“socksProxyPort”虚拟机参数。

e.g.

java -DsocksProxyHost=127.0.0.1 -DsocksProxyPort=8080 org.example.Main