Make resource "kind" determination more obvious

By adding the "kind" to the base resource, it is still identifiable even
when the resource specific elements are gone in calls that are only
defined in the base resource. This is also more logical for building
resources!

This also switches resources to use an Init() method. This will be
useful for when resources have more complex initialization to do.

resources.go

@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ type Res interface {
 type BaseRes struct {
 	Name           string     `yaml:"name"`
 	Meta           MetaParams `yaml:"meta"` // struct of all the metaparams
-	timestamp      int64      // last updated timestamp ?
+	kind           string
+	timestamp      int64 // last updated timestamp ?
 	events         chan Event
 	vertex         *Vertex
 	state          resState
@@ -114,14 +115,14 @@ type NoopRes struct {
 
 func NewNoopRes(name string) *NoopRes {
 	// FIXME: we could get rid of this New constructor and use raw object creation with a required Init()
-	return &NoopRes{
+	obj := &NoopRes{
 		BaseRes: BaseRes{
-			Name:   name,
-			events: make(chan Event), // unbuffered chan size to avoid stale events
-			vertex: nil,
+			Name: name,
 		},
 		Comment: "",
 	}
+	obj.Init()
+	return obj
 }
 
 // wraps the IFF method when used with a list of UUID's
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ func (obj *BaseUUID) Reversed() bool {
 
 // initialize structures like channels if created without New constructor
 func (obj *BaseRes) Init() {
-	obj.events = make(chan Event)
+	obj.events = make(chan Event) // unbuffered chan size to avoid stale events
 }
 
 // this method gets used by all the resources, if we have one of (obj NoopRes) it would get overridden in that case!
@@ -171,8 +172,9 @@ func (obj *BaseRes) GetName() string {
 	return obj.Name
 }
 
+// return the kind of resource this is
 func (obj *BaseRes) Kind() string {
-	return "Base"
+	return obj.kind
 }
 
 func (obj *BaseRes) GetMeta() MetaParams {
@@ -410,8 +412,9 @@ func Process(obj Res) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (obj *NoopRes) Kind() string {
-	return "Noop"
+func (obj *NoopRes) Init() {
+	obj.BaseRes.kind = "Noop"
+	obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overriding
 }
 
 // validate if the params passed in are valid data