http: HttpURLConnection

[Polar Humenn]

It appears that the URLConnection used in the HTTPConduit is always the 
subject of
of an if(connection  instanceof HttpURLConnection) predicate when some 
things need to be set. My question is, since this is an "http" conduit, 
and it is specifically based on the HttpURLConnection, why isn't this 
just set as such? What is the purpose of performing operations on a 
URLConnection that is not an HttpURLConnection? Is this Conduit used for 
anything other than HTTP?

Cheers,
-Polar