ResourceManager

ResourceManager is a generic term for a software component or service that controls access to resources within a system, such as strings, images, configuration data, or computing resources like CPU and memory. It provides a centralized interface for locating, loading, and managing resources, enabling consistent behavior across modules and environments.

In application development, ResourceManager typically refers to libraries or classes that retrieve locale-specific resources and support globalization. For example, the .NET ResourceManager class loads resources from files and satellite assemblies and handles culture fallbacks; Java uses ResourceBundle objects for localized strings and resources. The goal is to separate resource data from code and to facilitate localization.

In cloud platforms, Resource Manager denotes a management service that orchestrates resources across subscriptions and regions. Microsoft Azure Resource Manager provides a unified API and console for deploying and organizing resources into resource groups, applying access controls, tagging, and using declarative templates (ARM templates) to describe deployments.

In database and enterprise systems, Resource Manager refers to components or policies that allocate shared resources among workloads. Oracle Database Resource Manager, for example, partitions CPU, I/O, and parallelism between user sessions and service levels to meet performance objectives and prevent resource contention.

Related concepts include localization, resource management, and platform-specific implementations such as Azure Resource Manager and Oracle Database Resource Manager.