diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/ResourceRequest.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/ResourceRequest.java
index bc3d904..06e3666 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/ResourceRequest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/ResourceRequest.java
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
  * Abstraction of resource request.
  */
 public interface ResourceRequest {
+    /**
+     * Returns the resource type.
+     *
+     * @return the resource type
+     */
+    ResourceType type();
 
 }