question: static void finishLastResponse ( final HttpConnection conn ) { final InputStream lastResponse = conn . getLastResponseInputStream ( ) ; if ( lastResponse != null ) { conn . setLastResponseInputStream ( null ) ; try { lastResponse . close ( ) ; } catch ( final IOException ioe ) { conn . close ( ) ; } } }
target:  Since the same connection is about to be reused, make sure the previous request was completely processed, and if not consume it now.