Closing URLConnection and InputStream correctly?

Question

I\'ve seen many different examples of using HttpURLConnection + InputStream, and closing them (or not closing them) after use. This is what I came up with to make sure every

Answer 1

There is also the new (with Java 7) 'try()' technique

        try (OutputStream os = http.getOutputStream()) {
            os.write(out);
        }

Basically, it will auto-close anything in the try() statement, regardless of whether it is successful or not.