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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def request(self, requests):
 """Requests resources from Mesos. (see mesos.proto for a description of Request and how, for example, to request resources from specific slaves.) Any resources available are offered to the framework via Scheduler.resourceOffers callback, asynchronously. """

        logging.info('Request resources from Mesos')
        return self.driver.requestResources(map(encode, requests))