Replacing _backend for _platform class attribute in ResourceManager

[nepi.git] / src / nepi / execution / resource.py

diff --git a/src/nepi/execution/resource.py b/src/nepi/execution/resource.py
index d868c26..f1669d0 100644 (file)
--- a/src/nepi/execution/resource.py
+++ b/src/nepi/execution/resource.py
@@ -127,19 +127,19 @@ class ResourceManager(Logger):
     """ Base clase for all ResourceManagers. 
     
     A ResourceManger is specific to a resource type (e.g. Node, 
-    Switch, Application, etc) on a specific backend (e.g. PlanetLab, 
+    Switch, Application, etc) on a specific platform (e.g. PlanetLab, 
     OMF, etc).
 
     The ResourceManager instances are responsible for interacting with
     and controlling concrete (physical or virtual) resources in the 
-    experimental backends.
+    experimental platforms.
     
     """
     _rtype = "Resource"
     _attributes = None
     _traces = None
     _help = None
-    _backend = None
+    _platform = None
     _reschedule_delay = "0.5s"
 
     @classmethod
@@ -290,12 +290,12 @@ class ResourceManager(Logger):
         return cls._help
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_backend(cls):
-        """ Returns the identified of the backend (i.e. testbed, environment)
+    def get_platform(cls):
+        """ Returns the identified of the platform (i.e. testbed type)
         for the Resource
 
         """
-        return cls._backend
+        return cls._platform
 
     @classmethod
     def get_global(cls, name):