There doesn't seem to be a way to build a ArnResource with useful output.

[spiffy2manics]

The ArnResource.toString() returns - this.resourceType + ":" + this.resource + ":" + this.qualifier
However, the resourceType isn't always required and neither is the qualifer. If these values are not provided, you end up with "null:resource:null". This is particularly an issue with things like lambda arns, where you can't use the resource, or you get "function:my_lambda:null", which makes the ArnResource almost completely useless.

ArnResource resource = ArnResource.builder().resourceType("function").resource("my_lambda").build();
Arn arn = Arn.builder()
.partition("aws")
.service("lambda")
.region(oktaRegion)
.accountId(oktaAccount)
.resource(resource.toString()) //Does not work
.build();

Also, there are several resources where the resourceType is followed by a slash, like with roles, where again, this resource builder is not helpful or even useful.

Describe the bug

The ArnResource.toString() function does not return a useful value.

Expected Behavior

I would expect the ArnResource to return something meaningful so that the Arn.Builder is able to use the output.
I would also expect the Arn.Builder to accept the ArnResource as an input, instead of being required to convert it to a string.
I would also expect the ArnResource.Builder (or another implementation of this) to be able to understand how to build a lambda or role resource, or other variants, without having to specify all of the values where they are already known and constant ("function:", "role/", etc).

Current Behavior

ArnResource.builder().resource("lambda").build().toString() returns "null:lambda:null", when it should be either "function:lambda" or at least just "lambda".
ArnResource.builder().resourceType("role").resource("my_role").build().toString() returns "role:my_role:null", when it should be "role/my_role".

Steps to Reproduce

System.out.println(ArnResource.builder().resource("lambda").build().toString());

Possible Solution

Update the toString() method to not output the null values.
Create other implementations, such as a LambdaResource and RoleResource, which have known values.

Context

I am trying to use the tools given in the SDK to build my ARNs, but these are not extremely useful at the moment.

Your Environment

• AWS Java SDK version used: 2.16.13
• JDK version used: 11
• Operating System and version: Windows 10

[debora-ito]

@spiffy2manics thank you for your detailed report. Related to #2416.

We've had a pull request that added some improvements to ArnResource, I'm not sure why it wasn't merged, I'll try to give it traction.