protected <T>ResponseEntity<T> send(final ClientHttpRequest request,final Class<T> responseType){
  return send(request,responseType,Collections.<String,Object>emptyMap());
}

protected < T > ResponseEntity < T > send ( final ClientHttpRequest request , final Class < T > responseType ) { return send ( request , responseType , Collections . < String , Object > emptyMap ( ) ) ; }
sends the http request , using spring ' s resttemplate , to the gemfire rest api web service endpoint , expecting the specified response type from the server in return .
