//==============================================================================
// Resource.java
//==============================================================================

package sample.resource;

/**
* Responsibilities:<ul>
* <li>represents a registered resource.</li>
* </ul><p></p>
* 
* @author Copyright 2003 Nikolas S. Boyd.
*/
public class Resource {

/** Contains the registered resources. */
private static Registry registry = null;

/**
* Returns the resource registry.
*/
public static synchronized Registry 
getRegistry() {
	if (registry == null) {
		registry = new Registry();
	}
	return registry;
}


/**
* Returns the resource named (resourceName).
* @param resourceName identifies a registered resource.
* @return null if no such resource exists.
*/
public static Resource 
named(String resourceName) {
	return getRegistry().getResourceNamed(resourceName);
}


/** Identifies the resource. */
private String name;

/**
* Returns the resource name.
*/
public String getName() {
	return name;
}

// ... additional resource features ...

} // Resource