'Create a snapshot based off of a volume.
:param      volume: volume
:type       volume: :class:`StorageVolume`
:keyword    name: New name for the volume snapshot
:type       name: ``str``
:keyword    description: Description of the snapshot (optional)
:type       description: ``str``
:keyword    force: Whether to force creation (optional)
:type       force: ``bool``
:rtype:     :class:`VolumeSnapshot`'

def ex_create_snapshot(self, volume, name, description=None, force=False):

    warnings.warn('This    method    has    been    deprecated    in    favor    of    the    create_volume_snapshot    method')
    return self.create_volume_snapshot(volume, name, ex_description=description, ex_force=force)
