Fw: SOCKS proxy example??

[Josh Gordineer]

I've been trying to implement a SOCKS proxy using Apache HttpClient 4.0.1 and 
haven't found a straightforward example, most proxy examples focus on http 
proxies.


I want to access a protected resource that is accessible behind a socks proxy.  
I can curl the resource like so:

curl --socks4 socks.somewhere.com:1080 http://www.somewhere.com/hidden

However with the following code:

    DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
    HttpHost proxy = new HttpHost("socks.somewhere.com", 1080);
    httpclient.getParams().setParameter(ConnRoutePNames.DEFAULT_PROXY, proxy);
    HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("http://www.somewhere.com/hidden";);
    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpget);
    System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());
    HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
    if (entity != null) {
      entity.consumeContent();
    }
    httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();

I get an exception:

Exception in thread "main" org.apache.http.NoHttpResponseException: The target 
server failed to respond
    at 
org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultResponseParser.parseHead(DefaultResponseParser.java:101)
    at 
org.apache.http.impl.io.AbstractMessageParser.parse(AbstractMessageParser.java:210)
    at 
org.apache.http.impl.AbstractHttpClientConnection.receiveResponseHeader(AbstractHttpClientConnection.java:271)
    at 
org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection.receiveResponseHeader(DefaultClientConnection.java:227)
    at 
org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractClientConnAdapter.receiveResponseHeader(AbstractClientConnAdapter.java:209)
    at 
org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestExecutor.doReceiveResponse(HttpRequestExecutor.java:292)
    at 
org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestExecutor.execute(HttpRequestExecutor.java:126)
    at 
org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:483)
    at 
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:641)
    at 
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:576)
    at 
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:554)

I have been able to do something with the JDK Proxy and HttpUrlConnection but 
haven't gotten anything working in HttpClient.

Any input would be appreciated.  I've done a few web searches, but haven't come 
up with anything definitive.

Thanks in advance..
Josh