new

# File lib/rubygems/request.rb, line 12
  def initialize(uri, request_class, last_modified, proxy)
    @uri = uri
    @request_class = request_class
    @last_modified = last_modified
    @requests = Hash.new 0
    @connections = {}
    @connections_mutex = Mutex.new
    @user_agent = user_agent

    @proxy_uri =
      case proxy
      when :no_proxy then nil
      when nil       then get_proxy_from_env uri.scheme
      when URI::HTTP then proxy
      else URI.parse(proxy)
      end
    @env_no_proxy = get_no_proxy_from_env
  end