Securely downloading a pdf file

With a web-site configured for https (ssl) do document downloads (like a pdf file) automatically get encrypted/decrypted for the download (by the server/browser)?
What about for the case where an URLconnection is used to send the bytes of a file (while using a URLHTTPConnection) while operating under https... I assume that the binary file is encrypted automatically....

Does this also indlude of you simply have an anchor
in a jsp page like
get pdf
When a "GET" like this is done under a site with
https is the pdf encrypted when it is transfered?Yes.
For example, if you right click on the link and
d indicate to "save to disk" is the pdf encrypted in
the transfer? Yes.
Or must I transmit the file with using HTTPConnection
and send the bytes that way to take advantage of the
encryption under https.HTTPUrlConnection is an HTTP client class that can make requests to a server. Its not related to serving HTTP or HTTPS content.

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