resources: Unify resource creation and kind setting

This removes the duplication of the kind string and cleans up things for
resource creation.

docs/resource-guide.md

@@ -73,14 +73,13 @@ Init() error
 ```
 
 This is called to initialize the resource. If something goes wrong, it should
-return an error. It should set the resource `kind`, do any resource specific
-work, and finish by calling the `Init` method of the base resource.
+return an error. It should do any resource specific work, and finish by calling
+the `Init` method of the base resource.
 
 #### Example
 ```golang
 // Init initializes the Foo resource.
 func (obj *FooRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "foo" // must lower case resource kind
 	// run the resource specific initialization, and error if anything fails
 	if some_error {
 		return err // something went wrong!
@@ -399,9 +398,9 @@ UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error // optional
 ```
 
 This is optional, but recommended for any resource that will have a YAML
-accessible struct, and an entry in the `GraphConfig` struct. It is not required
-because to do so would mean that third-party or custom resources (such as those
-someone writes to use with `libmgmt`) would have to implement this needlessly.
+accessible struct. It is not required because to do so would mean that
+third-party or custom resources (such as those someone writes to use with
+`libmgmt`) would have to implement this needlessly.
 
 The signature intentionally matches what is required to satisfy the `go-yaml`
 [Unmarshaler](https://godoc.org/gopkg.in/yaml.v2#Unmarshaler) interface.
@@ -453,35 +452,15 @@ type FooRes struct {
 }
 ```
 
-### YAML
-In addition to labelling your resource struct with YAML fields, you must also
-add an entry to the internal `GraphConfig` struct. It is a fairly straight
-forward one line patch.
+### Resource registration
+All resources must be registered with the engine so that they can be found. This
+also ensures they can be encoded and decoded. Make sure to include the following
+code snippet for this to work.
 
 ```golang
-type GraphConfig struct {
-// [snip...]
-	Resources struct {
-		Noop []*resources.NoopRes `yaml:"noop"`
-		File []*resources.FileRes `yaml:"file"`
-		// [snip...]
-		Foo []*resources.FooRes `yaml:"foo"` // tada :)
-	}
-}
-```
-
-It's also recommended that you add the [UnmarshalYAML](#unmarshalyaml) method to
-your resources so that unspecified values are given sane defaults.
-
-### Gob registration
-All resources must be registered with the `golang` _gob_ module so that they can
-be encoded and decoded. Make sure to include the following code snippet for this
-to work.
-
-```golang
-import "encoding/gob"
 func init() { // special golang method that runs once
-	gob.Register(&FooRes{}) // substitude your resource here
+	// set your resource kind and struct here (the kind must be lower case)
+	RegisterResource("foo", func() Res { return &FooRes{} })
 }
 ```
 

etcd/resources.go

@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ func GetResources(obj *EmbdEtcd, hostnameFilter, kindFilter []string) ([]resourc
 		}
 
 		if obj, err := resources.B64ToRes(val); err == nil {
-			obj.SetKind(kind) // cheap init
 			log.Printf("Etcd: Get: (Hostname, Kind, Name): (%s, %s, %s)", hostname, kind, name)
 			resourceList = append(resourceList, obj)
 		} else {

examples/lib/exec-send-recv.go

@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: these are being specified temporarily until it's the default!
 	metaparams := resources.DefaultMetaParams
 
 	exec1 := &resources.ExecRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "exec1",
+			Kind:       "exec",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 		Cmd:   "echo hello world && echo goodbye world 1>&2", // to stdout && stderr
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	output := &resources.FileRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "output",
+			Kind:       "file",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 			// send->recv!
 			Recv: map[string]*resources.Send{
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	stdout := &resources.FileRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "stdout",
+			Kind:       "file",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 			// send->recv!
 			Recv: map[string]*resources.Send{
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	stderr := &resources.FileRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "stderr",
+			Kind:       "file",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 			// send->recv!
 			Recv: map[string]*resources.Send{

examples/lib/libmgmt-subgraph0.go

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) subGraph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	f1 := &resources.FileRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "file1",
+			Kind:       "file",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 		Path: "/tmp/mgmt/sub1",
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) subGraph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	n1 := &resources.NoopRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "noop1",
+			Kind:       "noop",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 	}
@@ -93,7 +95,6 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: these are being specified temporarily until it's the default!
 	metaparams := resources.DefaultMetaParams
 
 	content := "I created a subgraph!\n"

examples/lib/libmgmt-subgraph1.go

@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: these are being specified temporarily until it's the default!
 	metaparams := resources.DefaultMetaParams
 
 	content := "I created a subgraph!\n"
 	f0 := &resources.FileRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "README",
+			Kind:       "file",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 		Path:    "/tmp/mgmt/README",
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	f1 := &resources.FileRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "file1",
+			Kind:       "file",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 		Path: "/tmp/mgmt/sub1",
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	n1 := &resources.NoopRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "noop1",
+			Kind:       "noop",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 	}
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	subGraphRes0 := &resources.GraphRes{ // TODO: should we name this SubGraphRes ?
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "subgraph1",
+			Kind:       "graph",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 		Graph: subGraph,

examples/lib/libmgmt1.go

@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("libmgmt: MyGAPI is not initialized")
 	}
 
+	// TODO: this method of instantiation is deprecated, use: NewResource
 	n1 := &resources.NoopRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "noop1",
+			Kind:       "noop",
 			MetaParams: resources.DefaultMetaParams,
 		},
 	}

examples/lib/libmgmt2.go

@@ -65,12 +65,11 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	}
 	var vertex pgraph.Vertex
 	for i := uint(0); i < obj.Count; i++ {
-		n := &resources.NoopRes{
-			BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
-				Name:       fmt.Sprintf("noop%d", i),
-				MetaParams: resources.DefaultMetaParams,
-			},
+		n, err := resources.NewResource("noop")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
+		n.SetName(fmt.Sprintf("noop%d", i))
 		g.AddVertex(n)
 		if i > 0 {
 			g.AddEdge(vertex, n, &resources.Edge{Name: fmt.Sprintf("e%d", i)})

examples/lib/libmgmt3.go

@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: these are being specified temporarily until it's the default!
 	metaparams := resources.DefaultMetaParams
 
 	content := "Delete me to trigger a notification!\n"
 	f0 := &resources.FileRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "README",
+			Kind:       "file",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 		Path:    "/tmp/mgmt/README",
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	p1 := &resources.PasswordRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "password1",
+			Kind:       "password",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 		Length: 8,    // generated string will have this many characters
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	f1 := &resources.FileRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "file1",
+			Kind:       "file",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 			// send->recv!
 			Recv: map[string]*resources.Send{
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	n1 := &resources.NoopRes{
 		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
 			Name:       "noop1",
+			Kind:       "noop",
 			MetaParams: metaparams,
 		},
 	}

resources/augeas.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	gob.Register(&AugeasRes{})
 	RegisterResource("augeas", func() Res { return &AugeasRes{} })
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +92,6 @@ func (obj *AugeasRes) Validate() error {
 
 // Init initiates the resource.
 func (obj *AugeasRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "augeas"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overriding
 }
 

resources/autogroup_test.go

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ func NewNoopResTest(name string) *NoopResTest {
 		NoopRes: NoopRes{
 			BaseRes: BaseRes{
 				Name: name,
+				Kind: "noop",
 				MetaParams: MetaParams{
 					AutoGroup: true, // always autogroup
 				},

resources/exec.go

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package resources
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	gob.Register(&ExecRes{})
 	RegisterResource("exec", func() Res { return &ExecRes{} })
 }
 
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ func (obj *ExecRes) Validate() error {
 
 // Init runs some startup code for this resource.
 func (obj *ExecRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "exec"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overriding
 }
 

resources/exec_test.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func TestExecSendRecv1(t *testing.T) {
 	r1 := &ExecRes{
 		BaseRes: BaseRes{
 			Name: "exec1",
+			Kind: "exec",
 			//MetaParams: MetaParams,
 		},
 		Cmd:   "echo hello world",
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ func TestExecSendRecv2(t *testing.T) {
 	r1 := &ExecRes{
 		BaseRes: BaseRes{
 			Name: "exec1",
+			Kind: "exec",
 			//MetaParams: MetaParams,
 		},
 		Cmd:   "echo hello world 1>&2", // to stderr
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ func TestExecSendRecv3(t *testing.T) {
 	r1 := &ExecRes{
 		BaseRes: BaseRes{
 			Name: "exec1",
+			Kind: "exec",
 			//MetaParams: MetaParams,
 		},
 		Cmd:   "echo hello world && echo goodbye world 1>&2", // to stdout && stderr

resources/file.go

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package resources
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/sha256"
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	gob.Register(&FileRes{})
 	RegisterResource("file", func() Res { return &FileRes{} })
 }
 
@@ -148,7 +146,6 @@ func (obj *FileRes) Init() error {
 	obj.path = obj.GetPath()                     // compute once
 	obj.isDir = strings.HasSuffix(obj.path, "/") // dirs have trailing slashes
 
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "file"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overriding
 }
 

resources/graph.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/pgraph"
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("graph", func() Res { return &GraphRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&GraphRes{})
 }
 
 // GraphRes is a resource that recursively runs a sub graph of resources.
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ func (obj *GraphRes) Init() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "graph"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overrriding
 }
 

resources/hostname.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ var ErrResourceInsufficientParameters = errors.New(
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("hostname", func() Res { return &HostnameRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&HostnameRes{})
 }
 
 const (
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@ func (obj *HostnameRes) Validate() error {
 
 // Init runs some startup code for this resource.
 func (obj *HostnameRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "hostname"
 	if obj.PrettyHostname == "" {
 		obj.PrettyHostname = obj.Hostname
 	}

resources/kv.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strconv"
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("kv", func() Res { return &KVRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&KVRes{})
 }
 
 // KVResSkipCmpStyle represents the different styles of comparison when using SkipLessThan.
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ func (obj *KVRes) Validate() error {
 
 // Init initializes the resource.
 func (obj *KVRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "kv"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overriding
 }
 

resources/msg.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"regexp"
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("msg", func() Res { return &MsgRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&MsgRes{})
 }
 
 // MsgRes is a resource that writes messages to logs.
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ func (obj *MsgRes) Validate() error {
 
 // Init runs some startup code for this resource.
 func (obj *MsgRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "msg"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overrriding
 }
 

resources/noop.go

@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 )
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("noop", func() Res { return &NoopRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&NoopRes{})
 }
 
 // NoopRes is a no-op resource that does nothing.
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ func (obj *NoopRes) Validate() error {
 
 // Init runs some startup code for this resource.
 func (obj *NoopRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "noop"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overriding
 }
 

resources/nspawn.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ const (
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("nspawn", func() Res { return &NspawnRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&NspawnRes{})
 }
 
 // NspawnRes is an nspawn container resource.
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ func (obj *NspawnRes) Init() error {
 	if err := obj.svc.Init(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "nspawn"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init()
 }
 

resources/password.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package resources
 
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("password", func() Res { return &PasswordRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&PasswordRes{})
 }
 
 const (
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ func (obj *PasswordRes) Validate() error {
 // Init generates a new password for this resource if one was not provided. It
 // will save this into a local file. It will load it back in from previous runs.
 func (obj *PasswordRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "password" // must be set before using VarDir
 
 	dir, err := obj.VarDir("")
 	if err != nil {

resources/pkg.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"path"
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("pkg", func() Res { return &PkgRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&PkgRes{})
 }
 
 // PkgRes is a package resource for packagekit.
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ func (obj *PkgRes) Validate() error {
 
 // Init runs some startup code for this resource.
 func (obj *PkgRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "pkg"
 	if err := obj.BaseRes.Init(); err != nil { // call base init, b/c we're overriding
 		return err
 	}

resources/resources.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"math"
@@ -43,18 +44,21 @@ var registeredResources = map[string]func() Res{}
 
 // RegisterResource registers a new resource by providing a constructor
 // function that returns a resource object ready to be unmarshalled from YAML.
-func RegisterResource(name string, creator func() Res) {
-	registeredResources[name] = creator
+func RegisterResource(kind string, fn func() Res) {
+	gob.Register(fn())
+	registeredResources[kind] = fn
 }
 
-// NewEmptyNamedResource returns an empty resource object from a registered
-// type, ready to be unmarshalled.
-func NewEmptyNamedResource(name string) (Res, error) {
-	fn, ok := registeredResources[name]
+// NewResource returns an empty resource object from a registered kind.
+func NewResource(kind string) (Res, error) {
+	fn, ok := registeredResources[kind]
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no resource named %s available", name)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no resource kind `%s` available", kind)
 	}
-	return fn(), nil
+	res := fn().Default()
+	res.SetKind(kind)
+	//*res.Meta() = DefaultMetaParams // TODO: centralize this here?
+	return res, nil
 }
 
 //go:generate stringer -type=ResState -output=resstate_stringer.go

resources/resources_test.go

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func TestCompare2(t *testing.T) {
 	r1 := &NoopRes{
 		BaseRes: BaseRes{
 			Name: "noop1",
+			Kind: "noop",
 			MetaParams: MetaParams{
 				Noop: true,
 			},
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ func TestCompare2(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	r2 := &NoopRes{
 		BaseRes: BaseRes{
-			Name: "noop1", // same nampe
+			Name: "noop1", // same name
+			Kind: "noop",
 			MetaParams: MetaParams{
 				Noop: false, // different noop
 			},
@@ -111,12 +113,9 @@ func TestMiscEncodeDecode1(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMiscEncodeDecode2(t *testing.T) {
 	var err error
-	//gob.Register( &NoopRes{} ) // happens in noop.go : init()
-	//gob.Register( &FileRes{} ) // happens in file.go : init()
-	// ...
 
 	// encode
-	var input Res = &FileRes{}
+	input, _ := NewResource("file")
 
 	b64, err := ResToB64(input)
 	if err != nil {

resources/semaphore_test.go

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func NewNoopResTestSema(name string, semas []string) *NoopResTest {
 		NoopRes: NoopRes{
 			BaseRes: BaseRes{
 				Name: name,
+				Kind: "noop",
 				MetaParams: MetaParams{
 					AutoGroup: true, // always autogroup
 					Sema:      semas,

resources/svc.go

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("svc", func() Res { return &SvcRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&SvcRes{})
 }
 
 // SvcRes is a service resource for systemd units.
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ func (obj *SvcRes) Validate() error {
 
 // Init runs some startup code for this resource.
 func (obj *SvcRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "svc"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overriding
 }
 

resources/timer.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"time"
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("timer", func() Res { return &TimerRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&TimerRes{})
 }
 
 // TimerRes is a timer resource for time based events.
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ func (obj *TimerRes) Validate() error {
 
 // Init runs some startup code for this resource.
 func (obj *TimerRes) Init() error {
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "timer"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overrriding
 }
 

resources/util.go

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func B64ToRes(str string) (Res, error) {
 	}
 	res, ok := output.(Res)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Output %v is not a Res", res)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("output `%v` is not a Res", output)
 
 	}
 	return res, nil

resources/virt.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"math/rand"
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterResource("virt", func() Res { return &VirtRes{} })
-	gob.Register(&VirtRes{})
 }
 
 const (
@@ -192,7 +190,6 @@ func (obj *VirtRes) Init() error {
 		}
 	}
 	obj.wg = &sync.WaitGroup{}
-	obj.BaseRes.Kind = "virt"
 	return obj.BaseRes.Init() // call base init, b/c we're overriding
 }
 

test/shell/libmgmt-change1.go

@@ -55,19 +55,18 @@ func (obj *MyGAPI) Graph() (*pgraph.Graph, error) {
 	if !obj.initialized {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: MyGAPI is not initialized", obj.Name)
 	}
-	// FIXME: these are being specified temporarily until it's the default!
-	metaparams := resources.DefaultMetaParams
+
+	var err error
 	g, err := pgraph.NewGraph(obj.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	n0 := &resources.NoopRes{
-		BaseRes: resources.BaseRes{
-			Name:       "noop1",
-			MetaParams: metaparams,
-		},
+	n0, err := resources.NewResource("noop")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	n0.SetName("noop1")
 	g.AddVertex(n0)
 
 	//g, err := config.NewGraphFromConfig(obj.data.Hostname, obj.data.World, obj.data.Noop)

yamlgraph2/gconfig.go

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (r *Resource) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 // Decode is the second stage for unmarshaling of resources (knowing their
 // kind).
 func (r *Resource) Decode(kind string) (err error) {
-	r.resource, err = resources.NewEmptyNamedResource(kind)
+	r.resource, err = resources.NewResource(kind)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ func (r *Resource) Decode(kind string) (err error) {
 
 	// Set resource name, meta and kind
 	r.resource.SetName(r.Name)
-	r.resource.SetKind(strings.ToLower(kind))
 	meta := r.resource.Meta()
 	*meta = r.Meta
 	return
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ func (c *GraphConfig) NewGraphFromConfig(hostname string, world resources.World,
 		} else if !noop { // do not export any resources if noop
 			// store for addition to backend storage...
 			res.SetName(res.GetName()[2:]) // slice off @@
-			res.SetKind(kind)              // cheap init
 			resourceList = append(resourceList, res)
 		}
 	}