Replicate base resource for lists functionality (#89)

* Replicate base resource for lists functionality

This replicates specific functionality from the openshift client to more
reliably retrieve the base resource from a resource list.

* Add changelog fragment

plugins/module_utils/client/resource.py

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+# Copyright [2017] [Red Hat, Inc.]
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+import kubernetes.dynamic
+
+
+class ResourceList(kubernetes.dynamic.resource.ResourceList):
+    def __init__(self, client, group='', api_version='v1', base_kind='', kind=None, base_resource_lookup=None):
+        self.client = client
+        self.group = group
+        self.api_version = api_version
+        self.kind = kind or '{0}List'.format(base_kind)
+        self.base_kind = base_kind
+        self.base_resource_lookup = base_resource_lookup
+        self.__base_resource = None
+
+    def base_resource(self):
+        if self.__base_resource:
+            return self.__base_resource
+        elif self.base_resource_lookup:
+            self.__base_resource = self.client.resources.get(**self.base_resource_lookup)
+            return self.__base_resource
+        return None
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return {
+            '_type': 'ResourceList',
+            'group': self.group,
+            'api_version': self.api_version,
+            'kind': self.kind,
+            'base_kind': self.base_kind,
+            'base_resource_lookup': self.base_resource_lookup
+        }