1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/java/demo/Ice/async/Publisher.java b/java/demo/Ice/async/Publisher.java
index 05b9bd2a4b6..4fce27317a1 100644
--- a/java/demo/Ice/async/Publisher.java
+++ b/java/demo/Ice/async/Publisher.java
@@ -20,16 +20,7 @@ public class Publisher extends Ice.Application
     public int
     run(String[] args)
     {
-        Ice.Properties properties = communicator().getProperties();
-        final String proxyProperty = "Queue.Proxy";
-        String proxy = properties.getProperty(proxyProperty);
-        if(proxy.length() == 0)
-        {
-            System.err.println("property `" + proxyProperty + "' not set");
-            return 1;
-        }
-
-        QueuePrx queue = QueuePrxHelper.checkedCast(communicator().stringToProxy(proxy));
+        QueuePrx queue = QueuePrxHelper.checkedCast(communicator().propertyToProxy("Queue.Proxy"));
         if(queue == null)
         {
             System.err.println("invalid proxy");