public void run() {
            
            try {
                
                System.out.println(id + " - about to get something from " + request.getURI());
                // execute the method
                HttpResponse resp = httpClient.execute(target, request);
                
                System.out.println(id + " - get executed");
                // get the response body as an array of bytes
                byte[] bytes = EntityUtils.toByteArray(resp.getEntity());
                
                System.out.println(id + " - " + bytes.length + " bytes read");
                
            } catch (Exception e) {
                System.out.println(id + " - error: " + e);
            } finally {
                System.out.println(id + " - connection released");
            }
        }
Executes the GetMethod and prints some satus information.
ribbon-httpclient/src/test/java/com/netflix/http4/NFHttpClientTest.java