How to release connection with Apache http client property?

Question

I use Apache http client 4.1 and always close the response InputStream (eg by calling EntityUtils.consume(response.getEntity) ) after the HttpGet execution.

Now I wonder whether the connection is properly released if the HttpGet execution throws an exception. Should I release the connection explicitly in this case?

Answer 1

Always close I/O objects in the finally clause if you acquired them.

InputStrem input = acquireStream( );

try
{
  useStream( input );
}
finally
{
  input.close( );
}