releaseConnection() vs getConnectionManager().shutdown()

[Flavio Oliveira]

Hi,

I use an instance of HttpClient to execute multiple methods from multiple 
threads.

        cm = new PoolingClientConnectionManager();
        cm.setMaxTotal(20);
        httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(cm);

I release the connection by calling releaseConnection() on the method after the 
response body has been read.                

         // Release connection
         EntityUtils.consume(entity);
         httpget.releaseConnection();
         
As I am using the PoolingClientConnectionManager I am not sure if I still need 
to call "httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown()"
because I released the connection by calling releaseConnection(). Could someone 
clarify that?

Regards, Flavio