I have a situation where I m specifying a resource A before

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I have a situation where I m specifying a resource A before resource B because resource B refers to resource A But I also want to make resource B the parent of resource A I can t specify in A that B is the parent because B is not yet defined But I have to define A first because it is referred to in B How do I do this

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

You can t the opts are constructor time configurable only You could create a ComponentResource and make both real resources children of that

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

The problem is fairly common my favourite is the CertificateValidation resource that I want to be the parent of a route53 Record the only reason I m creating the Record is to satisfy the validation requirement But I can t So I ve created a ValidCertificate component which has all three resources certificate validation and record as its children

damp-painting-47843 · Answer

Thank < little cartoon 10569> I ll take a look at that