All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractResource, DeferredGenericTypeResource, GenericTypeResource, InterfaceLevelResource, LatencyTypeResource, NodeLevelResource, PerspectiveResponseTimeResource
```
public interface Resource
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getInstance()`	Returns a unique name for the instance of this resource.
`String`	`getLabel(CollectionResource resource)`	Returns a unique label for the instance of this resource.
`Resource`	`getParent()`
`ResourcePath`	`getPath(CollectionResource resource)`	Retrieves the path of the resource, relative to the repository root.
`Date`	`getTimestamp()`	Returns the `Date` to use for attributes associated with this resource.
`String`	`getTypeName()`	Returns the type name associated with the resource.
`String`	`getUnmodifiedInstance()`	Returns the original unmodified unique name for the instance of this resource.
`Resource`	`resolve()`	Used to lookup additional resource related information that may not have been available when the resource was created, and optionally return a new resource.

- Method Detail
  - getParent
```
Resource getParent()
```
  - getTypeName
```
String getTypeName()
```
    Returns the type name associated with the resource. Used for thresholding.
    
    Returns:
    
    type name
  - getInstance
```
String getInstance()
```
    Returns a unique name for the instance of this resource. Used by the IndexStorageStrategy
    
    Returns:
    
    instance name
  - getUnmodifiedInstance
```
String getUnmodifiedInstance()
```
    Returns the original unmodified unique name for the instance of this resource. Used by the ObjectNameStorageStrategy
    
    Returns:
    
    instance name
  - getLabel
```
String getLabel(CollectionResource resource)
```
    Returns a unique label for the instance of this resource. This label is used by threshd to generate a unique id on a per resource basis, grouped by node. See CollectionResourceWrapper
    
    Returns:
    
    a String object.
  - getPath
```
ResourcePath getPath(CollectionResource resource)
```
    Retrieves the path of the resource, relative to the repository root.
    
    Parameters:
    
    resource - Used by the GenericTypeResource in order to determine the instance name.
    
    Returns:
    
    relative path
  - getTimestamp
```
Date getTimestamp()
```
    Returns the Date to use for attributes associated with this resource.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Date or null if the current time should be used.
  - resolve
```
Resource resolve()
```
    Used to lookup additional resource related information that may not have been available when the resource was created, and optionally return a new resource.
    
    See DeferredGenericTypeResource.resolve().
    
    This method should only be called when running in the context of the OpenNMS JVM (and not the Minion).
    
    Returns:
    
    possibly a new resource, or this same instance if no resolving was performed

Interface Resource

Method Summary

Method Detail

getParent

getTypeName

getInstance

getUnmodifiedInstance

getLabel

getPath

getTimestamp

resolve