URL vs System.setProperty ?

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URL vs System.setProperty?
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URL website = new URL("http", proxy, Integer.parseInt(proxyPort), websiteUrl)
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(website.openStream()));
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
while ((in.readLine()) != null){}
long elapsedTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis()-start;

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URL website = new URL(websiteUrl);
System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", proxy);
System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", proxyPort);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(website.openStream()));
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
while ((in.readLine()) != null){}
long elapsedTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis()-start;
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