[HTTPCLIENT-681] InputStream obtained from HttpMethod.getResponseBodyAsStream() could not be closed before the end of the stream

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.1
• Environment: FreeBSD-6.2-STABLE, diable-jdk15
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mario Pavlov
• Created: 11/Aug/07 08:43
• Updated: 11/Aug/07 08:54
• Resolved: 11/Aug/07 08:49

Description

Hi Apache,
When I get an InputStream and try to close it before reading it to the end it simply does not get closed...
here is a code example:

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;

public class InputStreamCloseBug {

public static void main(String[] args) {
InputStream inputStream = null;
HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
GetMethod getMethod = new GetMethod("http://dlc.sun.com/netbeans/download/5_5_1/fcs/200704122300/netbeans-5_5_1.tar.gz");
try {
httpClient.executeMethod(getMethod);
inputStream = getMethod.getResponseBodyAsStream();
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)

{ inputStream.read(); }

inputStream.close(); // same if I use getMethod.releaseConnection()
System.out.println("are we done yet ?"); // yeah, we are done after a few minutes - depending on the connection
} catch (IOException ex)

{ ex.printStackTrace(); }

}
}
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it takes as long as the stream is read to its end
for me is about 6-8 minutes

I've tried also the following

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

public class InputStreamClose {
public static void main(String[] args) {
URL url;
try {
url = new URL("http://dlc.sun.com/netbeans/download/5_5_1/fcs/200704122300/netbeans-5_5_1.tar.gz");
InputStream input = url.openStream();
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)

{ input.read(); }

input.close();
System.out.println("are we done yet!");
} catch (MalformedURLException e)

{ e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }

}
}
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which works as expected
it takes about 1 second

I believe that this is a critical bug
I haven't tried version 3.1RC1

I hope this helps
Happy bugfixing

Regards
MGP