package com.baeldung.httpclient; import org.apache.http.HttpEntity; import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse; import java.io.IOException; public final class ResponseUtil { private ResponseUtil() { } public static void closeResponse(CloseableHttpResponse response) throws IOException { if (response == null) { return; } try { final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity(); if (entity != null) { entity.getContent().close(); } } finally { response.close(); } } }