diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/resource/impl/ConsistentContinuousResourceSubStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/resource/impl/ConsistentContinuousResourceSubStore.java
index e9c9ad7..60eed40 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/resource/impl/ConsistentContinuousResourceSubStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/resource/impl/ConsistentContinuousResourceSubStore.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.onosproject.store.resource.impl.ConsistentResourceStore.SERIALIZER;
@@ -79,6 +80,13 @@
         return children.value();
     }
 
+    <T> Set<ContinuousResource> getChildResources(DiscreteResourceId parent, Class<T> cls) {
+        // naive implementation
+        return getChildResources(parent).stream()
+                .filter(x -> x.isTypeOf(cls))
+                .collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new));
+    }
+
     public boolean isAvailable(ContinuousResource resource) {
         // check if it's registered or not.
         Versioned<Set<ContinuousResource>> children = childMap.get(resource.parent().get().id());