HTTPURLConnection.connect() buffers its entire input.

[David Daney]

It seems the the current implementation of HTTPURLConnection.connect() 
buffers the entire response before returning.

Is that a correct analysis?

This can be problematical if the content is larger than the heap.  It is 
even worse than that as it makes a copy of the content, so the content 
can only be half as large as the heap.

Does anyone know the rational behind doing it this way?

David Daney.