HttpServer should implement AutoCloseable?

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Given `close()` involves performing I/O, I suggest implementing `Closeable`
instead of `AutoCloseable`. Also note that `Closeable::close` is required
to be idempotent, which fits our bill.

On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM David Alayachew <davidalayachew at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello @core-libs-dev <core-libs-dev at openjdk.org>,
>
> Would it be ok if we made HttpServer from the jdk.httpserver module
> implement AutoCloseable? Having this would prevent people from forgetting
> to close the server after use.
>
> The close() implementation could call stop(int delay) with a reasonable
> default. This implementation should be a default one, so that existing
> child classes that also implemented AutoCloseable lose no functionality.
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration.
> David Alayachew
>
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