HostnameVerifier hv = null;
        SSLSocketFactory ssf = null;
        if (this.connection instanceof HttpsURLConnection) {
            hv = ((HttpsURLConnection) this.connection).getHostnameVerifier();
            ssf = ((HttpsURLConnection) this.connection).getSSLSocketFactory();
        }

        this.connection = (HttpURLConnection) this.connection.getURL().openConnection();