From HttpUrlConnection to HttpsUrlConnection

I was programming a code (which works without any inconvenience) that sends everything by HttpUrlConnection. It is the following:

protected String doInBackground(String... url){
        try {
            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url[0]).openConnection();
            connection.setReadTimeout(10000);
            connection.setConnectTimeout(15000);
            //Si quiero enviar/recibir una respuesta en el cuerpo del mensaje, tiene que estar lo siguiente:
            connection.setDoInput(true);
            connection.setDoOutput(true);
            OutputStream output=new BufferedOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream());
            output.write(body.getBytes());
            output.flush();
            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
            InputStream inputStream = connection.getInputStream();
            BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
            String line;
            StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();

            while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
                result.append(line);
            }

            String responseString = result.toString();
            inputStream.close();
            connection.disconnect();
            return responseString;

        } catch(Exception exc) {
            String error = exc.toString();
            return error;
        }
    }

The problem is that I'm making an application, which should send things by https . However, I understand that instead of having to use HttpsUrlConnection I can keep the class I'm using ... Can that be it? Is there much difference between one and the other?