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+/*
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package org.apache.hc.client5.http.examples;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ClassicHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.StatusLine;
+
+/**
+ * This example demonstrates how to ensure the release of the underlying HTTP connection back to
+ * the connection manager in case of a manual processing of HTTP responses.
+ */
+public class ClientConnectionRelease {
+
+    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+        try (final CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault()) {
+            final HttpHost target = new HttpHost("http", "httpbin.org");
+            final HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("/get");
+
+            System.out.println("Executing request " + httpget.getMethod() + " " + httpget.getUri());
+
+            // Make sure the response is always closed at the end of the message exchange
+            try (ClassicHttpResponse response = httpclient.executeOpen(target, httpget, null)) {
+                System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
+                System.out.println(httpget + "->" + new StatusLine(response));
+                // Make sure the response content entity has been fully consumed
+                // in order to ensure the underlying connection can be re-used for
+                // subsequent requests
+                EntityUtils.consume(response.getEntity());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+