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package org.apache.http.examples.client;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
/**
* This example demonstrates the recommended way of using API to make sure
* the underlying connection gets released back to the connection manager.
*/
public class ClientConnectionRelease {
public final static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
try {
HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("http://www.apache.org/");
// Execute HTTP request
System.out.println("executing request " + httpget.getURI());
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpget);
System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());
System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
// Get hold of the response entity
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
// If the response does not enclose an entity, there is no need
// to bother about connection release
if (entity != null) {
InputStream instream = entity.getContent();
try {
instream.read();
// do something useful with the response
} catch (IOException ex) {
// In case of an IOException the connection will be released
// back to the connection manager automatically
throw ex;
} catch (RuntimeException ex) {
// In case of an unexpected exception you may want to abort
// the HTTP request in order to shut down the underlying
// connection immediately.
httpget.abort();
throw ex;
} finally {
// Closing the input stream will trigger connection release
try { instream.close(); } catch (Exception ignore) {}
}
}
} finally {
// When HttpClient instance is no longer needed,
// shut down the connection manager to ensure
// immediate deallocation of all system resources
httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
}
}