diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/BandwidthResourceRequest.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/BandwidthResourceRequest.java
index 601a27c..5743d8e 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/BandwidthResourceRequest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/BandwidthResourceRequest.java
@@ -33,4 +33,9 @@
     public Bandwidth bandwidth() {
         return bandwidth;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public ResourceType type() {
+        return ResourceType.BANDWIDTH;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/DefaultLinkResourceRequest.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/DefaultLinkResourceRequest.java
index 38f90c1..b33e203 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/DefaultLinkResourceRequest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/DefaultLinkResourceRequest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
         this.resources = ImmutableSet.copyOf(resources);
     }
 
+
+    @Override
+    public ResourceType type() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public IntentId intendId() {
         return intentId;
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/LambdaResourceRequest.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/LambdaResourceRequest.java
index 30caa2d..05bf61c 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/LambdaResourceRequest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/resource/LambdaResourceRequest.java
@@ -5,4 +5,9 @@
  */
 public class LambdaResourceRequest implements ResourceRequest {
 
+    @Override
+    public ResourceType type() {
+        return ResourceType.LAMBDA;
+    }
+
 }
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();
 
 }