/**
* Sends the request to Vend, and reutrns the decoded JSON data from the response.
*
* @param CurlHttpRequest $request The request to send.
*
* @param $requestType
*
* @return array
* @throws EntityNotFoundException
* @throws CommunicationException
*/
protected function sendRequest(CurlHttpRequest $request, $requestType)
{
$result = $request->send();
if (!$result->getError() && 404 == $result->getResponseCode()) {
throw new EntityNotFoundException('The specified entity can not be found', 404, null, $result);
}
if (!$result->isRequestSuccessful()) {
$exceptionClass = $this->getCommunicationExceptionClass();
throw new $exceptionClass($requestType, $result, 0, null, $result);
}
$resultData = json_decode($result->getResponseBody(), true);
if (empty($resultData)) {
$exceptionClass = $this->getCommunicationExceptionClass();
throw new $exceptionClass($requestType, $result, 0, null, $result);
}
return $resultData;
}