The javadoc for HttpEntity.consumeContent() is copied below. I can't tell
if best practice is to use EntityUtils.consume, or just close the input
stream associated to the entity. I'm guessing the latter, but there may
be an idiom that I'm missing.
/**
* This method is deprecated since version 4.1. Please use standard
* java convention to ensure resource deallocation by calling
* {@link InputStream#close()} on the input stream returned by
* {@link #getContent()}
* <p>
* This method is called to indicate that the content of this entity
* is no longer required. All entity implementations are expected to
* release all allocated resources as a result of this method
* invocation. Content streaming entities are also expected to
* dispose of the remaining content, if any. Wrapping entities should
* delegate this call to the wrapped entity.
* <p>
* This method is of particular importance for entities being
* received from a {@link HttpConnection connection}. The entity
* needs to be consumed completely in order to re-use the connection
* with keep-alive.
*
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
*
* @deprecated Use {@link
org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils#consume(HttpEntity)}
*
* @see #getContent() and #writeTo(OutputStream)
*/
-- Todd
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