HttpClient InputStream general advice?

[Daniel Fuchs]

Hi Joshua,

On 31/10/2020 00:15, Joshua Anderson wrote:
> Is this checking and reviewing necessary? Should I have written a 
> background task that reviews all InputStream’s created by the HttpClient 
> and calls .close() if the user forgets. The intent here is to free up 
> these resources. Without tracking and reviewing the InputsStream objects 
> created by the HttpClient, If the user forgets to call .close() on the 
> InputStream objects they request, it eventually affects the stability of 
> the core library due to the fact it cannot get new Http connections to 
> perform other work. What’s your take?
> 

With the current implementation, an application should drain or close 
the InputStream if it wants to avoid leaks.

This is clearly stated in the API documentation:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/15/docs/api/java.net.http/java/net/http/HttpResponse.BodySubscribers.html#ofInputStream()


Hope this helps,

-- daniel