is Java unsafe to use with Tor?

[Paolo Palmieri]

> If I hava a Java program, and I do something like the
> following: 
> 
> Properties systemSettings = System.getProperties();
> systemSettings.put("http.proxyHost", "127.0.0.1");
> systemSettings.put("http.proxyPort", "8118");
> System.setProperties(systemSettings);

I'm not sure if you're actually coding the program or not. If you do, 
then you should probably have a look at the ProxySelector class:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/net/ProxySelector.html

You can change the default proxy with setDefault() and handle problems 
with the proxy using connectFailed().

Hope this helps,
Paolo