/**
  * Creates a new HTTP POST request with the appropriate content, headers 
  * and such, which can then be used to send JSON-RPC requests.
  * @param string $content the request content
  * @return \Zend\Http\Request the request
  * @throws ClientException if the Content-Type header cannot be set
  */
 private function createHttpRequest($content)
 {
     $httpRequest = new \Zend\Http\Request();
     $httpRequest->setUri($this->_endPoint);
     $httpRequest->setMethod(\Zend\Http\Request::METHOD_POST);
     $httpRequest->setContent($content);
     // Set headers
     $headers = $httpRequest->getHeaders();
     if (!$headers instanceof \Zend\Http\Headers) {
         throw new ClientException('Unable to configure HTTP headers');
     }
     $headers->addHeaderLine('Content-Type', 'application/json');
     $httpRequest->setHeaders($headers);
     return $httpRequest;
 }