Index: E:/Projets/OSS/wagon/wagon-provider-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/proxy/ProxyInfo.java
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--- E:/Projets/OSS/wagon/wagon-provider-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/proxy/ProxyInfo.java	(revision 420520)
+++ E:/Projets/OSS/wagon/wagon-provider-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/proxy/ProxyInfo.java	(working copy)
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.WagonConstants;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
@@ -205,4 +206,35 @@
     {
         return ntlmDomain;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if a host is the nonProxyHost list or not. <br>
+     * Currently only support * as a wildcard beginning a nonProxyHost.
+     * TODO support other wildcard position in the nonProxyHost list
+     * @param host the host to be checked
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the host is the nonProxyHost, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean isNonProxyHost(String host)
+    {
+        String httpNonProxyHosts = this.getNonProxyHosts();
+        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(httpNonProxyHosts))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        String[] nonProxyHosts = httpNonProxyHosts.split("\\|");
+        for (int i = 0; i < nonProxyHosts.length; ++i)
+        {
+            if (nonProxyHosts[i].startsWith("*"))
+            {
+                if (host.endsWith(nonProxyHosts[i].substring(1)))
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            } else if (host.equals(nonProxyHosts[i]))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }