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+/*
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+ *
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+ * ====================================================================
+ *
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+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
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+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.http.examples.client;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.Proxy;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+import org.apache.http.Header;
+import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException;
+import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme;
+import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SchemeSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
+import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
+import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
+
+/**
+ * How to send a request via SOCKS proxy using {@link HttpClient}.
+ *
+ * @since 4.1
+ */
+public class ClientExecuteSOCKS {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {
+        DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+        httpclient.getParams().setParameter("socks.host", "mysockshost");
+        httpclient.getParams().setParameter("socks.port", 1234);
+        httpclient.getConnectionManager().getSchemeRegistry().register(
+                new Scheme("http", 80, new MySchemeSocketFactory()));
+
+        HttpHost target = new HttpHost("www.apache.org", 80, "http");
+        HttpGet req = new HttpGet("/");
+
+        System.out.println("executing request to " + target + " via SOCKS proxy");
+        HttpResponse rsp = httpclient.execute(target, req);
+        HttpEntity entity = rsp.getEntity();
+
+        System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
+        System.out.println(rsp.getStatusLine());
+        Header[] headers = rsp.getAllHeaders();
+        for (int i = 0; i<headers.length; i++) {
+            System.out.println(headers[i]);
+        }
+        System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
+
+        if (entity != null) {
+            System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
+        }
+
+        // When HttpClient instance is no longer needed, 
+        // shut down the connection manager to ensure
+        // immediate deallocation of all system resources
+        httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();        
+    }
+    
+    static class MySchemeSocketFactory implements SchemeSocketFactory {
+
+        public Socket createSocket() throws IOException {
+            return new Socket();
+        }
+
+        public Socket connectSocket(
+                final Socket socket, 
+                final InetSocketAddress remoteAddress,
+                final InetSocketAddress localAddress, 
+                final HttpParams params) 
+                    throws IOException, UnknownHostException, ConnectTimeoutException {
+            if (remoteAddress == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Remote address may not be null");
+            }
+            if (params == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("HTTP parameters may not be null");
+            }
+            String proxyHost = (String) params.getParameter("socks.host");
+            Integer proxyPort = (Integer) params.getParameter("socks.port");
+
+            InetSocketAddress socksaddr = new InetSocketAddress(proxyHost, proxyPort); 
+            Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.SOCKS, socksaddr);
+            Socket sock = new Socket(proxy);
+            if (localAddress != null) {
+                sock.setReuseAddress(HttpConnectionParams.getSoReuseaddr(params));
+                sock.bind(localAddress);
+            }
+            int timeout = HttpConnectionParams.getConnectionTimeout(params);
+            try {
+                sock.connect(remoteAddress, timeout);
+            } catch (SocketTimeoutException ex) {
+                throw new ConnectTimeoutException("Connect to " + remoteAddress.getHostName() + "/" 
+                        + remoteAddress.getAddress() + " timed out");
+            }
+            return sock;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isSecure(final Socket sock) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+            return false;
+        }
+        
+    }
+
+}
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