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 Node get(String href, Map params) {
            if (null == href) throw new IllegalAccessException("href cannot be null")
            if (!href.endsWith('.xml')) {
                href= href+'.xml'
            }
            System.out.println("DEBUG: RightscaleAPIRequest.RestClient: Getting resource by href: ${href}")
            /**
             * Request the servers data as XML
             */
            def request = href as Rest;
            request.addFilter(new LoggingFilter(System.out)); // debug output
            def ClientResponse response = request.get([:], params); // instance_detail contains extra info
            if (response.status.equals(200)) {
                // yay
            } else if (response.status.equals(403)) {
                authenticate()
            } else {
                throw new ResourceModelSourceException("RightScale ${href} request error ${response.status}. " + response)
            }

            requests.inc()
            return response.XML
        }