HttpUtils.java

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package com.sematext.ag.http;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import java.io.IOException;

/** 
 * HTTP utilities. 
 * 
 * @author sematext, http://www.sematext.com/
 */
public final class HttpUtils {
  private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(HttpUtils.class);
  
  /** 
   * Private constructor.
   */
  private HttpUtils() {
  }
  
  public static boolean processRequestSilently(HttpClient httpClient, HttpRequestBase request) {
    try {
      HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request);
      LOG.info("Event sent");
      if (HttpStatus.SC_OK != response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()) {
        return false;
      }
      HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
      EntityUtils.consume(entity);
      return true;
    } catch (IOException e) {
      LOG.error("Sending event failed", e);
      return false;
    } finally {
      request.releaseConnection();
    }
  }
}