@Override
    public boolean getInstanceFollowRedirects() {
        return connection.getInstanceFollowRedirects();
    }

    @Override
    public void setRequestMethod(final String requestMethod) throws ProtocolException {
        connection.setRequestMethod(requestMethod);
        this.method = requestMethod;
    }

    @Override
    public String getRequestMethod() {
        return connection.getRequestMethod();

    public boolean getInstanceFollowRedirects() {
        return this.connection.getInstanceFollowRedirects();
    }

    @Override
    public void setRequestMethod(final String requestMethod) throws ProtocolException {
        this.connection.setRequestMethod(requestMethod);
        this.method = requestMethod;
    }

    @Override
    public String getRequestMethod() {

            try {
                logger.fine(() -> ">>> " + method + " " + finalUrl);
                final URL u = new URL(finalUrl);
                connection = open(u);
                connection.setRequestMethod(method.toString());
                if (headerList != null) {
                    for (final String[] values : headerList) {
                        logger.fine(() -> ">>> " + values[0] + "=" + values[1]);