What's the usage pattern of HttpResponseMessage.EnsureSuccessStatusCode()? It disposes of the Content of the message and throws HttpRequestException, but I fail to see how to programmatically handle it any differently than a generic Exception. For example, it doesn't include the HttpStatusCode, which would have been handy.

Is there any way of getting more info out of it? Could anyone show relevant usage pattern of both EnsureSuccessStatusCode() and HttpRequestException?