Failed web service unit tests behind a proxy in Eclipse

eclipse, junit, proxy, unit-testing

Solution

I found the solution: apparently one can configure the proxy in run/debug settings in Eclipse. To do this:

- right click on the unit test class

- debug as - debug configurations

- go to tab "Arguments"

add proxy configuration to "VM arguments":

- `-Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy.host.com`

- `-Dhttp.proxyPort=8080`

- `-Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=[list of hosts separated with pipe character]`

If you are behind a password protected proxy, you have to add:

- `-Dhttp.proxyUser=someUserName`

- `-Dhttp.proxyPassword=somePassword`

Problem

I have a problem executing unit tests in Eclipse behind a proxy, as the classes used by the unit tests call some web services, which are behind a proxy. In Tomcat I can of course specify a proxy to be used, but when I run unit tests directly from Eclipse, the proxy configuration of Eclipse seems to be ignored. How can I configure my unit tests or Eclipse to use a proxy in this case?

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