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(); } } }