java http close,Close Java HTTP Client

As you've noticed, java.net.http.HttpClient does not implement Closeable or AutoCloseable. So I can think of only 2 options, but neither of them are really bulletproof or even good:

You could eliminate every strong reference to the HttpClient that your program is holding and request a garbage collection. However there's a real risk that something beyond your direct control is holding onto it or one of its components. Any remaining strong references would prevent the referenced object, and any objects it holds a strong reference to, from being garbage collected. Nevertheless, this is arguably the more idiomatic option than the alternative.

final class HttpClientImpl extends HttpClient implements Trackable {

...

// Called from the SelectorManager thread, just before exiting.

// Clears the HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 cache, ensuring that the connections

// that may be still lingering there are properly closed (and their

// possibly still opened SocketChannel released).

private void stop() {

// Clears HTTP/1.1 cache and close its connections

connections.stop();

// Clears HTTP/2 cache and close its connections.

client2.stop();

}

...

}

I wouldn't feel comfortable using this unless I had no other choice. Your reference is probably of type HttpClient, so you'd need to cast it to HttpClientImpl. It's bad to rely on the concrete implementation, which could change in future releases, rather than the HttpClient interface. The method is also private. There are ways around this but it's messy.