Right way to use EntityUtils.toString()

[Joan Balagueró]

Hello,

 

This is the first time I need to use EntityUtils.toString(). My code is:

 

  try 

  {

   ( . . . )

   response         = cluster.getHttpClient().performRequest(request);

   String body      = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity(),
GenericConstants.ENCODING_UTF8);

  

   ( . . . )

  }

  catch (Exception e) 

  {

   ( . . . )

  }

 

Is this the right way to use it? My questions:

 

1.       Do I need to check previously that response.getEntity is null
before calling EntityUtils.toString()?

2.       Do I need to close the connection in any way, or
EntityUtils.toString() is responsible to get the connection back to the pool
(even in case of exception)?

 

Thanks,

Joan.