/** Destroy the connection. called by handle when handleNext returns false. */
  protected void destroy() {
    try {
      close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      LogSupport.ignore(log, e);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      log.warn(LogSupport.EXCEPTION, e);
    }

    // Destroy request and response
    if (_request != null) _request.destroy();
    if (_response != null) _response.destroy();
    if (_inputStream != null) _inputStream.destroy();
    if (_outputStream != null) _outputStream.destroy();
    _inputStream = null;
    _outputStream = null;
    _request = null;
    _response = null;
    _handlingThread = null;

    if (_statsOn) {
      _tmpTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
      if (_reqTime > 0) _httpServer.statsEndRequest(_tmpTime - _reqTime, false);
      _httpServer.statsCloseConnection(_tmpTime - _openTime, _requests);
    }
  }
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 protected void statsRequestEnd() {
   if (_statsOn && _reqTime > 0) {
     _httpServer.statsEndRequest(System.currentTimeMillis() - _reqTime, (_response != null));
     _reqTime = 0;
   }
 }