Thread: how to connect to site through proxy

hi i am trying to connect to a sitte using a proxy at the moment im using tor as localhost but when browser launched it aint launched through tor just my norml connection any suggestions?
code is below:

 
 public void launcher(String site){
        String input=site;
try {
 
         //Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI("input"));
 
        if( !java.awt.Desktop.isDesktopSupported() ) {
            System.err.println( "Desktop is not supported (fatal)" );
            System.exit( 1 );
        } 
        if ( input.length() == 0 ) {
            System.err.println( "Empty string in launcher" );
            System.exit( 0 );
        }
          java.awt.Desktop desktop = java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop();
        if( !desktop.isSupported( java.awt.Desktop.Action.BROWSE ) ) {
 
            System.err.println( "Desktop doesn't support the browse action (fatal)" );
            System.exit( 1 );
        }
        String web=input;
        try {
                System.setProperty("SOCKS.proxyHost", "127.0.0.1");//tor local host
                System.setProperty("SOCKS.proxyPort", "9050");
                java.net.URI uri = new java.net.URI( web );//site to visit
                desktop.browse( uri );
            }
            catch ( Exception e ) {
 
                System.err.println( e.getMessage() );
            }
}catch(Exception t){
    System.out.println("launcher fuckup");
}
 }//end launcher

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