# File lib/aws/resource.rb, line 29
    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