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);
}

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

将usesystemagents属性设置为true。例如，您可以通过JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS环境变量来设置它。例如，在Ubuntu中，你可以在.bashrc中添加以下代码行:

export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS+=" - djava.net.usesystemagents =true"

从Java文档(不是javadoc API):

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/net/proxies.html

设置JVM标志http。proxyHost和http。在命令行上启动JVM时使用proxyPort。 这通常是在shell脚本(Unix)或bat文件(Windows)中完成的。下面是Unix shell脚本的示例:

JAVA_FLAGS=-Dhttp.proxyHost=10.0.0.100 -Dhttp.proxyPort=8800
java ${JAVA_FLAGS} ...

当使用JBoss或WebLogic等容器时，我的解决方案是编辑供应商提供的启动脚本。

许多开发人员都熟悉Java API (javadocs)，但很多时候忽略了文档的其余部分。它包含许多有趣的信息:http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/

更新:如果您不想使用代理来解析一些本地/内网主机，请查看来自@Tomalak的评论:

不要忘记http。nonProxyHosts财产!

-Dhttp.nonProxyHosts="localhost|127.0.0.1|10.*.*.*|*.example.com|etc"

以编程方式设置HTTP/HTTPS和/或SOCKS代理:

...

public void setProxy() {
    if (isUseHTTPProxy()) {
        // HTTP/HTTPS Proxy
        System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", getHTTPHost());
        System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", getHTTPPort());
        System.setProperty("https.proxyHost", getHTTPHost());
        System.setProperty("https.proxyPort", getHTTPPort());
        if (isUseHTTPAuth()) {
            String encoded = new String(Base64.encodeBase64((getHTTPUsername() + ":" + getHTTPPassword()).getBytes()));
            con.setRequestProperty("Proxy-Authorization", "Basic " + encoded);
            Authenticator.setDefault(new ProxyAuth(getHTTPUsername(), getHTTPPassword()));
        }
    }
    if (isUseSOCKSProxy()) {
        // SOCKS Proxy
        System.setProperty("socksProxyHost", getSOCKSHost());
        System.setProperty("socksProxyPort", getSOCKSPort());
        if (isUseSOCKSAuth()) {
            System.setProperty("java.net.socks.username", getSOCKSUsername());
            System.setProperty("java.net.socks.password", getSOCKSPassword());
            Authenticator.setDefault(new ProxyAuth(getSOCKSUsername(), getSOCKSPassword()));
        }
    }
}

...

public class ProxyAuth extends Authenticator {
    private PasswordAuthentication auth;

    private ProxyAuth(String user, String password) {
        auth = new PasswordAuthentication(user, password == null ? new char[]{} : password.toCharArray());
    }

    protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
        return auth;
    }
}

...

请记住，HTTP代理和SOCKS代理在网络堆栈中的不同级别上操作，因此您可以使用其中一个或另一个，也可以同时使用两者。

JVM使用代理进行HTTP调用

System.getProperties().put("http.proxyHost", "someProxyURL");
System.getProperties().put("http.proxyPort", "someProxyPort");

这可以使用用户设置代理

System.setProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies", "true");