getting a resource from outside a capability

[Vinh Nguyen \(vinguye2\)]

Is there a way to programmatically get a resource instance from outside
a capability class?  For example, is there a static method somewhere to
get the single ResourceManager instance in the system?
 
Currently, getResource() and getResourceManager() is only available
within the context of a capability or resource.  I'd like to create some
reporting classes that can any resource instances currently in the
system, without the reporting classes having to be capability operations
themselves.