class AWS::Core::Resource

def initialize *args
  super
  # cache static attributes passed into options
  options = args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.last : {}
  options.each_pair do |opt_name,opt_value|
    if 
      self.class.attributes.has_key?(opt_name) and
      self.class.attributes[opt_name].static?
    then
      static_attributes[opt_name] = opt_value
    end
  end
end