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package org.apache.http.client.utils;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

/**
 * Convenience methods for closing response and client objects.
 *
 * @since 4.2
 */
public class HttpClientUtils {

    private HttpClientUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * Unconditionally close a response.
     * 
     * Example Code:
     *
     * 
     * HttpResponse httpResponse = null;
     * try {
     *     httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
     * } catch (Exception e) {
     *     // error handling
     * } finally {
     *     HttpClientUtils.closeQuietly(httpResponse);
     * }
     * 
     *
     * @param response
     *            the HttpResponse to release resources, may be null or already
     *            closed.
     *
     * @since 4.2
     */
    public static void closeQuietly(final HttpResponse response) {
        if (response != null) {
            final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
            if (entity != null) {
                try {
                    EntityUtils.consume(entity);
                } catch (final IOException ex) {
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Unconditionally close a response.
     * 
     * Example Code:
     *
     * 
     * HttpResponse httpResponse = null;
     * try {
     *     httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
     * } catch (Exception e) {
     *     // error handling
     * } finally {
     *     HttpClientUtils.closeQuietly(httpResponse);
     * }
     * 
     *
     * @param response
     *            the HttpResponse to release resources, may be null or already
     *            closed.
     *
     * @since 4.3
     */
    public static void closeQuietly(final CloseableHttpResponse response) {
        if (response != null) {
            try {
                try {
                    EntityUtils.consume(response.getEntity());
                } finally {
                    response.close();
                }
            } catch (final IOException ignore) {
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Unconditionally close a httpClient. Shuts down the underlying connection
     * manager and releases the resources.
     * 
     * Example Code:
     *
     * 
     * HttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();
     * try {
     *   httpClient.execute(request);
     * } catch (Exception e) {
     *   // error handling
     * } finally {
     *   HttpClientUtils.closeQuietly(httpClient);
     * }
     * 
     *
     * @param httpClient
     *            the HttpClient to close, may be null or already closed.
     * @since 4.2
     */
    public static void closeQuietly(final HttpClient httpClient) {
        if (httpClient != null) {
            if (httpClient instanceof Closeable) {
                try {
                    ((Closeable) httpClient).close();
                } catch (final IOException ignore) {
                }
            }
        }
    }

}