--- HttpConnection.java.orig 2004-12-20 14:50:18.660293008 +0100 +++ HttpConnection.java 2004-12-20 14:55:12.040692408 +0100 @@ -1162,7 +1162,10 @@ } /** - * Release the connection. + * Releases the connection. This is not guaranteed to succeed. If it + * fails, then this is silently ignored. There is no way to tell whether + * it did indeed succeed. Note that it is completely safe to call this + * method as many times as you like. */ public void releaseConnection() { LOG.trace("enter HttpConnection.releaseConnection()");