pt 1 in reviving the android build (copied from pm 28a1, wish me luck)

mobile/android/thirdparty/ch/boye/httpclientandroidlib/client/utils/HttpClientUtils.java

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+/*
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+ *
+ */
+package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.client.utils;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpEntity;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpResponse;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.client.HttpClient;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.util.EntityUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Convenience methods for closing response and client objects.
+ *
+ * @since 4.2
+ */
+public class HttpClientUtils {
+
+    private HttpClientUtils() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unconditionally close a response.
+     * <p>
+     * Example Code:
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * HttpResponse httpResponse = null;
+     * try {
+     *     httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
+     * } catch (Exception e) {
+     *     // error handling
+     * } finally {
+     *     HttpClientUtils.closeQuietly(httpResponse);
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * @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.
+     * <p>
+     * Example Code:
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * HttpResponse httpResponse = null;
+     * try {
+     *     httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
+     * } catch (Exception e) {
+     *     // error handling
+     * } finally {
+     *     HttpClientUtils.closeQuietly(httpResponse);
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * @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.
+     * <p>
+     * Example Code:
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * HttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();
+     * try {
+     *   httpClient.execute(request);
+     * } catch (Exception e) {
+     *   // error handling
+     * } finally {
+     *   HttpClientUtils.closeQuietly(httpClient);
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * @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) {
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}