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/** * Copyright Sematext International * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.sematext.ag.http; import org.apache.http.HttpEntity; import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.HttpStatus; import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase; import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils; import org.apache.log4j.Logger; import java.io.IOException; /** * HTTP utilities. * * @author sematext, http://www.sematext.com/ */ public final class HttpUtils { private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(HttpUtils.class); /** * Private constructor. */ private HttpUtils() { } public static boolean processRequestSilently(HttpClient httpClient, HttpRequestBase request) { try { HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request); LOG.info("Event sent"); if (HttpStatus.SC_OK != response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()) { return false; } HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity(); EntityUtils.consume(entity); return true; } catch (IOException e) { LOG.error("Sending event failed", e); return false; } finally { request.releaseConnection(); } } }