code: protected void clear() {
          if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isDebugEnabled()) {
              Tr.debug(tc, "Clearing the outbound link: " + this + " " + getVirtualConnection());
          }
          // reset the retry flag based on the config
          setEnableReconnect(this.myChannel.getHttpConfig().allowsRetries());
          setAllowReconnect(true);
          this.reconnecting = false;
          this.reconnectException = null;
          this.earlyReconnectDestroy = false;
      }
docs: Clear any local variables when this object needs to be reset.