code: protected ClientHttpRequest createRequest(URI url, HttpMethod method) throws IOException {
  		ClientHttpRequest request = getRequestFactory().createRequest(url, method);
  		if (Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.DEBUG)) {
  			Log.d(TAG, "Created " + method.name() + " request for \"" + url + "\"");
  		}
  		return request;
  	}
docs: Create a new {@link ClientHttpRequest} via this template's {@link ClientHttpRequestFactory}.
  @param url the URL to connect to
  @param method the HTTP method to exectute (GET, POST, etc.)
  @return the created request
  @throws IOException in case of I/O errors