Re: ProxySelector2

Is there any reason the ProxySelector2 and the Authenticator would not 
work on a NetBeans 8.02 RCP app? I haven't made the transition yet to 
8.1 but would be interested in using these now.


Steve

On 26/04/2016 3:11 PM, Oliver Rettig wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> very thanks for sharing your code. It works great and solves the problems in
> our clinics configuration.
> best regards
> Oliver
>> Oliver:  I've just released
>> https://bitbucket.org/phansson/netbeansnetworkauthenticator which is
>> meant to fix the problems you mention. You can either use this as-is
>> or steal the idea and provide your own Authenticator.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Oliver Rettig <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>> Hallo Peter,
>>>
>>> very thanks for your detailed mail. That is very interesting for because.
>>> I
>>> run into trouble behind proxies with serveral netbeans platform
>>> applications (the NebeansIDE and also OpenSim). What is happening from
>>> time to time is that the gui freezes during the start process. Sometimes
>>> I can see a small window behind the main application window which asks
>>> for credentials for the proxy configuration. In the case of the ide the
>>> default configuration in options/proxy is "autodetect". If the
>>> application cauld be started once I can change the configuration to a
>>> fixed one with fix credentials and proxy host url. If this configuration
>>> was successful it always starts correct. In the case of the OpenSim
>>> application there is no possibility to in the GUI to make this
>>> configuration. So often it is not possible to start the app.
>>>
>>> It looks for me that, the small dialog which ask for credentions is a
>>> modal
>>> dialog and sometimes blocks the further starting process but it is not
>>> visible - mayebe it is behind the main application window.
>>>
>>> Do you know the properties where netbeans saves the configuration of the
>>> proxy?
>>>
>>> Any chance to fix this bug. The problem is that it is difficult to
>>> reproduce. I can not reproduce it on my developing PC.
>>>
>>> best regards
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>>> If NetBeans IDE is not able connect to Internet then you'll not see
>>>> content
>>>> in the "Start Page" tab. This really the best test if NetBeans IDE can
>>>> access Internet or not.
>>>>
>>>> I can tell from your log output that your site is using WPAD method to
>>>> discover the location of your site's PAC file. (which in your case seems
>>>> to
>>>> reside on your intranet on address http://wpad/wpad.dat). You can
>>>> actually
>>>> download the PAC file and view it as it is plain text JavaScript. Anyway,
>>>> in this sense your site is pretty main stream compared to any other
>>>> corporate site.
>>>>
>>>> Every time an URL is called NetBeans will evaluate this little JavaScript
>>>> file. This is true both with and without the plugin. The plugin improves
>>>> a
>>>> lot on this. Without the plugin PAC file evaluation just doesn't work in
>>>> NB
>>>> if your are using Java 8. As you may be aware Java 8 included a new and
>>>> improved JavaScript engine called Nashorn. However this particular piece
>>>> in
>>>> NB core code was made long before Java 8 became available so it was
>>>> developed and tested against another JavaScript engine ... and now the
>>>> code
>>>> just doesn't work anymore (bug 245116). The other reason is that the NB
>>>> core code in this area doesn't implement all the mandatory PAC JavaScript
>>>> functions, say for example the script calls JavaScript function
>>>> dnsResolve() (which the PAC standard mandates to exist, and guess what:
>>>> many, many PAC scripts out there indeed calls this function) then the
>>>> proxy
>>>> resolution will silently fail in NB core, that is if you are NOT using
>>>> the
>>>> plugin.  Ok, I'll stop with the reasons why you should be using the
>>>> plugin.
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, to get closer to a resolution you'll need to enable some logging.
>>>> Go to your NetBeans IDE installation directory and locate the file
>>>> etc/netbeans.conf. Now edit the "netbeans_default_options" variable so
>>>> that
>>>> you append to it as follows:
>>>>
>>>> netbeans_default_options="........
>>>> -J-Dorg.netbeans.core2.network.proxy.level=FINEST"
>>>>
>>>> Make sure the plugin is installed. Restart your IDE and wait 1-2 minutes
>>>> and then post all relevant lines from messages log here. Those lines
>>>> relevant would all be containing "org.netbeans.core2.network.proxy".
>>>>
>>>> If you want - out of curiosity - to do the same but WITHOUT the plugin
>>>> (i.e. using bare NetBeans) then it would be
>>>> "org.netbeans.core.network.proxy.level=FINEST" instead but core NB code
>>>> does less logging than my plugin. Still helpful though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Casqueiro Gilles <
>>>>
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Hello Peter,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes I can, in Chrome and Firefox the internet connection works fine
>>>>> with
>>>>> the auto-detect proxy settings.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are probably the relevant lines of the log file:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO [org.netbeans.core2.network.proxy.NetworkProxyReloader]: System
>>>>> network proxy resolver: Windows
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO [org.netbeans.core2.network.proxy.windows.WindowsNetworkProxy]:
>>>>> Windows system proxy resolver: auto detect
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO [org.netbeans.core2.network.proxy.NetworkProxyReloader]: System
>>>>> network proxy reloading succeeded.
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO [org.netbeans.core2.network.proxy.ProxyAutoConfig]: PAC file
>>>>> evaluator using:  LanguageName="ECMAScript" LanguageVersion="ECMA - 262
>>>>> Edition 5.1" EngineName="Oracle Nashorn" EngineVersion="1.8.0_60"
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO [org.netbeans.core2.network.proxy.NetworkProxyReloader]: System
>>>>> network proxy - mode: auto
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO [org.netbeans.core2.network.proxy.NetworkProxyReloader]: System
>>>>> network proxy - pac url: http://wpad/wpad.dat
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO [org.netbeans.core2.network.proxy.NetworkProxyReloader]: System
>>>>> network proxy TEST - http host: blablabla.proxy.mycompany.blabla
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO [org.netbeans.core2.network.proxy.NetworkProxyReloader]: System
>>>>> network proxy TEST - http port: 8080
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Even if it is written in these lines that the proxy was found, Netbeans
>>>>> isn’t actually able to connect to internet. For example, the “Test
>>>>> connection” button in Tools/Option fails. And I have error messages
>>>>> related
>>>>> to the internet connection when I try to update or install a plugin. Do
>>>>> Netbeans know how to resolve this host name into an ip address? My DNS
>>>>> work
>>>>> fine in the Windows command line.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gilles
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* Peter Hansson [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>>> *Sent:* vendredi 15 avril 2016 17:38
>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>> *Subject:* [platform-dev] Re: ProxySelector2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Gilles,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm the author of this plugin.  If you get same issue with or without
>>>>> the
>>>>> plugin installed then there must be something else going on.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can send me the messages log from the IDE (with the plugin
>>>>> installed
>>>>> and after the IDE has been restarted and up for 1-2 minutes) and I'll
>>>>> be
>>>>> happy to look at it.
>>>>>
>>>>> The purpose of the plugin is to be on par with what modern browsers is
>>>>> able to do when it comes to detect and choose proxy without a lot of
>>>>> configuration hassle.  So if you can make your internet connection work
>>>>> in
>>>>> IE or Chrome with only "Automatically detect proxy" in Windows settings
>>>>> then the same should be true for the IDE with the plugin installed.
>>>>> Can
>>>>> you ??
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Casqueiro Gilles <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone successfully used the project “ProxySelector2”
>>>>> https://bitbucket.org/phansson/netbeansproxy2/overview, also available
>>>>> as
>>>>> a plugin for Netbeans here:
>>>>> http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/55258/?show=true ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> First I tried to use the plugin on my Netbeans IDE installation on
>>>>> Windows. When I specify manually the address and port of the proxy
>>>>> either
>>>>> in Netbeans or in the Windows settings, the internet connection works.
>>>>> But
>>>>> if I choose “System proxy”  in Netbeans and “Automatically detect
>>>>> proxy”
>>>>> in
>>>>> Windows settings, which are default values I think, it fails to
>>>>> connect.
>>>>> Same result with and without the plugin. Maybe I misunderstood how to
>>>>> use
>>>>> it?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Note: Our proxy is apparently a Microsoft solution, but I don’t know
>>>>> that
>>>>> much about it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gilles
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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