public static HttpRequest createRequest(String uri) {
        HttpRequest request = null;
        try {
            request = HttpRequest.newClientRequest(new com.yahoo.jdisc.Request(
                                                           new MockCurrentContainer(), new URI(uri)), new URI(uri),
                                                   HttpRequest.Method.GET, HttpRequest.Version.HTTP_1_1);
            request.setRemoteAddress(new InetSocketAddress(0));
        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
            fail("Illegal URI string in test?");
        }
        return request;
    }
Check semantics of VIP status handler. Do note this handler does not need to
care about the incoming URI, that's 100% handled in JDIsc by the binding
pattern.

@author Steinar Knutsen
container-core/src/test/java/com/yahoo/container/handler/VipStatusHandlerTestCase.java