# File lib/aws/core/resource.rb, line 28
      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