private static void close(Closeable closeable){
  if (closeable != null) {
    try {
      closeable.close();
    }
 catch (    IOException e) {
    }
  }
}

private static void close ( Closeable closeable ) { if ( closeable != null ) { try { closeable . close ( ) ; } catch ( IOException e ) { } } }
convenience method to close the closeable object and ignore the exception being thrown if there is one .
