diff --git a/internal/k8sdeps/hash.go b/internal/k8sdeps/hash.go
index fcdd353cb..7bf8606c5 100644
--- a/internal/k8sdeps/hash.go
+++ b/internal/k8sdeps/hash.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (h *KustHash) Hash(m map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
 		}
 		return SecretHash(sec)
 	default:
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Type %s is supported for hashing in %v", kind, m)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("type %s is supported for hashing in %v", kind, m)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/k8sdeps/unstructadapter.go b/internal/k8sdeps/unstructadapter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11e4a3fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/k8sdeps/unstructadapter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package k8sdeps
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/gvk"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
+)
+
+var _ ifc.Kunstructured = &UnstructAdapter{}
+
+// UnstructAdapter wraps unstructured.Unstructured from
+// https://github.com/kubernetes/apimachinery/blob/master/
+//     pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured/unstructured.go
+// to isolate dependence on apimachinery.
+type UnstructAdapter struct {
+	unstructured.Unstructured
+}
+
+// NewKunstructuredFromObject returns a new instance of Kunstructured.
+func NewKunstructuredFromObject(obj runtime.Object) (ifc.Kunstructured, error) {
+	// Convert obj to a byte stream, then convert that to JSON (Unstructured).
+	marshaled, err := json.Marshal(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return &UnstructAdapter{}, err
+	}
+	var u unstructured.Unstructured
+	err = u.UnmarshalJSON(marshaled)
+	// creationTimestamp always 'null', remove it
+	u.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{})
+	return &UnstructAdapter{Unstructured: u}, err
+}
+
+// NewKunstructuredFromMap returns a new instance of Kunstructured.
+func NewKunstructuredFromMap(m map[string]interface{}) ifc.Kunstructured {
+	return NewKunstructuredFromUnstruct(unstructured.Unstructured{Object: m})
+}
+
+// NewKunstructuredFromUnstruct returns a new instance of Kunstructured.
+func NewKunstructuredFromUnstruct(u unstructured.Unstructured) ifc.Kunstructured {
+	return &UnstructAdapter{Unstructured: u}
+}
+
+// NewKunstructuredSliceFromBytes unmarshalls bytes into a Kunstructured slice.
+func NewKunstructuredSliceFromBytes(
+	in []byte, decoder ifc.Decoder) ([]ifc.Kunstructured, error) {
+	decoder.SetInput(in)
+	var result []ifc.Kunstructured
+	var err error
+	for err == nil || isEmptyYamlError(err) {
+		var out unstructured.Unstructured
+		err = decoder.Decode(&out)
+		if err == nil {
+			result = append(result, &UnstructAdapter{Unstructured: out})
+		}
+	}
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// GetGvk returns the Gvk name of the object.
+func (fs *UnstructAdapter) GetGvk() gvk.Gvk {
+	return gvk.FromSchemaGvk(fs.GroupVersionKind())
+}
+
+// Copy provides a copy behind an interface.
+func (fs *UnstructAdapter) Copy() ifc.Kunstructured {
+	return &UnstructAdapter{*fs.DeepCopy()}
+}
+
+// Map returns the unstructured content map.
+func (fs *UnstructAdapter) Map() map[string]interface{} {
+	return fs.Object
+}
+
+// SetMap overrides the unstructured content map.
+func (fs *UnstructAdapter) SetMap(m map[string]interface{}) {
+	fs.Object = m
+}
+
+// GetFieldValue returns value at the given fieldpath.
+func (fs *UnstructAdapter) GetFieldValue(fieldPath string) (string, error) {
+	return getFieldValue(fs.UnstructuredContent(), strings.Split(fieldPath, "."))
+}
+
+func getFieldValue(m map[string]interface{}, pathToField []string) (string, error) {
+	if len(pathToField) == 0 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("field not found")
+	}
+	if len(pathToField) == 1 {
+		if v, found := m[pathToField[0]]; found {
+			if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
+				return s, nil
+			}
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("value at fieldpath is not of string type")
+		}
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("field at given fieldpath does not exist")
+	}
+	v := m[pathToField[0]]
+	switch typedV := v.(type) {
+	case map[string]interface{}:
+		return getFieldValue(typedV, pathToField[1:])
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%#v is not expected to be a primitive type", typedV)
+	}
+}
+
+func isEmptyYamlError(err error) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is missing in 'null'")
+}
diff --git a/internal/k8sdeps/unstructadapter_test.go b/internal/k8sdeps/unstructadapter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dabb4e409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/k8sdeps/unstructadapter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+package k8sdeps
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var testConfigMap = NewKunstructuredFromMap(
+	map[string]interface{}{
+		"apiVersion": "v1",
+		"kind":       "ConfigMap",
+		"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+			"name": "winnie",
+		},
+	})
+
+func TestNewKunstructuredSliceFromBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		input       []byte
+		expectedOut []ifc.Kunstructured
+		expectedErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "garbage",
+			input:       []byte("garbageIn: garbageOut"),
+			expectedOut: []ifc.Kunstructured{},
+			expectedErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "noBytes",
+			input:       []byte{},
+			expectedOut: []ifc.Kunstructured{},
+			expectedErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "goodJson",
+			input: []byte(`
+{"apiVersion":"v1","kind":"ConfigMap","metadata":{"name":"winnie"}}
+`),
+			expectedOut: []ifc.Kunstructured{testConfigMap},
+			expectedErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "goodYaml1",
+			input: []byte(`
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: winnie
+`),
+			expectedOut: []ifc.Kunstructured{testConfigMap},
+			expectedErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "goodYaml2",
+			input: []byte(`
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: winnie
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: winnie
+`),
+			expectedOut: []ifc.Kunstructured{testConfigMap, testConfigMap},
+			expectedErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "garbageInOneOfTwoObjects",
+			input: []byte(`
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: winnie
+---
+WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT:  woot
+`),
+			expectedOut: []ifc.Kunstructured{},
+			expectedErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		rs, err := NewKunstructuredSliceFromBytes(
+			test.input, NewKustDecoder())
+		if test.expectedErr && err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%v: should return error", test.name)
+		}
+		if !test.expectedErr && err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%v: unexpected error: %s", test.name, err)
+		}
+		if len(rs) != len(test.expectedOut) {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: length mismatch %d != %d",
+				test.name, len(rs), len(test.expectedOut))
+		}
+		for i := range rs {
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedOut[i], rs[i]) {
+				t.Fatalf("%s: Got: %v\nexpected:%v",
+					test.name, test.expectedOut[i], rs[i])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFieldValue(t *testing.T) {
+	funStruct := NewKunstructuredFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		"Kind": "Service",
+		"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+			"labels": map[string]string{
+				"app": "application-name",
+			},
+			"name": "service-name",
+		},
+		"spec": map[string]interface{}{
+			"ports": map[string]interface{}{
+				"port": "80",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		pathToField   string
+		expectedValue string
+		errorExpected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			pathToField:   "Kind",
+			expectedValue: "Service",
+			errorExpected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			pathToField:   "metadata.name",
+			expectedValue: "service-name",
+			errorExpected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			pathToField:   "metadata.non-existing-field",
+			expectedValue: "",
+			errorExpected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			pathToField:   "spec.ports.port",
+			expectedValue: "80",
+			errorExpected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		s, err := funStruct.GetFieldValue(test.pathToField)
+		if test.errorExpected && err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("should return error, but no error returned")
+		} else {
+			if test.expectedValue != s {
+				t.Fatalf("Got:%s expected:%s", s, test.expectedValue)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/build/build_test.go b/pkg/commands/build/build_test.go
index f3c05328c..7458fc8fe 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/build/build_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/build/build_test.go
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ func TestBuild(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, testcaseName := range testcases {
-		t.Run(testcaseName, func(t *testing.T) { runBuildTestCase(t, testcaseName, updateKustomizeExpected, fSys) })
+		t.Run(testcaseName,
+			func(t *testing.T) {
+				runBuildTestCase(t, testcaseName, updateKustomizeExpected, fSys)
+			})
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
index 2b7514365..579353dda 100644
--- a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/fs"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/loader"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/types"
@@ -44,22 +43,6 @@ func makeEnvConfigMap(name string) *corev1.ConfigMap {
 	}
 }
 
-func makeUnstructuredEnvConfigMap(name string) *unstructured.Unstructured {
-	return &unstructured.Unstructured{
-		Object: map[string]interface{}{
-			"apiVersion": "v1",
-			"kind":       "ConfigMap",
-			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
-				"name": name,
-			},
-			"data": map[string]interface{}{
-				"DB_USERNAME": "admin",
-				"DB_PASSWORD": "somepw",
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func makeFileConfigMap(name string) *corev1.ConfigMap {
 	return &corev1.ConfigMap{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
diff --git a/pkg/ifc/ifc.go b/pkg/ifc/ifc.go
index b5071c5b0..c4a00ba12 100644
--- a/pkg/ifc/ifc.go
+++ b/pkg/ifc/ifc.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 // Package ifc holds miscellaneous interfaces used by kustomize.
 package ifc
 
+import "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/gvk"
+
 // Decoder unmarshalls byte input into an object.
 type Decoder interface {
 	// SetInput accepts new input.
@@ -48,3 +50,22 @@ type Loader interface {
 type Hash interface {
 	Hash(m map[string]interface{}) (string, error)
 }
+
+// Kunstructured allows manipulation of k8s objects
+// that do not have Golang structs.
+type Kunstructured interface {
+	Map() map[string]interface{}
+	SetMap(map[string]interface{})
+	Copy() Kunstructured
+	GetFieldValue(string) (string, error)
+	MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error)
+	UnmarshalJSON([]byte) error
+	GetGvk() gvk.Gvk
+	GetKind() string
+	GetName() string
+	SetName(string)
+	GetLabels() map[string]string
+	SetLabels(map[string]string)
+	GetAnnotations() map[string]string
+	SetAnnotations(map[string]string)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/patch/transformer/factory_test.go b/pkg/patch/transformer/factory_test.go
index 8fd7eb0ed..5791c2ba5 100644
--- a/pkg/patch/transformer/factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/patch/transformer/factory_test.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func TestNewPatchJson6902FactoryMulti(t *testing.T) {
 
 	id := resid.NewResId(gvk.FromKind("foo"), "some-name")
 	base := resmap.ResMap{
-		id: resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		id: resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"kind": "foo",
 				"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func TestNewPatchJson6902FactoryMulti(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		id: resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		id: resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"kind": "foo",
 				"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func TestNewPatchJson6902FactoryMultiConflict(t *testing.T) {
 
 	id := resid.NewResId(gvk.FromKind("foo"), "some-name")
 	base := resmap.ResMap{
-		id: resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		id: resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"kind": "foo",
 				"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/pkg/patch/transformer/patchjson6902json.go b/pkg/patch/transformer/patchjson6902json.go
index 11bfa2280..6737b959c 100644
--- a/pkg/patch/transformer/patchjson6902json.go
+++ b/pkg/patch/transformer/patchjson6902json.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (t *patchJson6902JSONTransformer) Transform(baseResourceMap resmap.ResMap)
 	if obj == nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	rawObj, err := obj.Unstructured.MarshalJSON()
+	rawObj, err := obj.MarshalJSON()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/patch/transformer/patchjson6902json_test.go b/pkg/patch/transformer/patchjson6902json_test.go
index 3d5e2d8ad..5be44f339 100644
--- a/pkg/patch/transformer/patchjson6902json_test.go
+++ b/pkg/patch/transformer/patchjson6902json_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var deploy = gvk.Gvk{Group: "apps", Version: "v1", Kind: "Deployment"}
 func TestJsonPatchJSONTransformer_Transform(t *testing.T) {
 	id := resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1")
 	base := resmap.ResMap{
-		id: resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		id: resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestJsonPatchJSONTransformer_Transform(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error : %v", err)
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		id: resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		id: resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/configmap.go b/pkg/resmap/configmap.go
index 8c0efba13..05b8da92e 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/configmap.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/configmap.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func NewResMapFromConfigMapArgs(
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		res, err := resource.NewResourceWithBehavior(
+		res, err := resource.NewWithBehavior(
 			cm, ifc.NewGenerationBehavior(cmArgs.Behavior))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/configmap_test.go b/pkg/resmap/configmap_test.go
index 07914ea5b..fdf67a14b 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/configmap_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/configmap_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestNewFromConfigMaps(t *testing.T) {
 			filepath: "/home/seans/project/app.env",
 			content:  "DB_USERNAME=admin\nDB_PASSWORD=somepw",
 			expected: ResMap{
-				resid.NewResId(cmap, "envConfigMap"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+				resid.NewResId(cmap, "envConfigMap"): resource.NewFromMap(
 					map[string]interface{}{
 						"apiVersion": "v1",
 						"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestNewFromConfigMaps(t *testing.T) {
 			filepath: "/home/seans/project/app-init.ini",
 			content:  "FOO=bar\nBAR=baz\n",
 			expected: ResMap{
-				resid.NewResId(cmap, "fileConfigMap"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+				resid.NewResId(cmap, "fileConfigMap"): resource.NewFromMap(
 					map[string]interface{}{
 						"apiVersion": "v1",
 						"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ BAR=baz
 				},
 			},
 			expected: ResMap{
-				resid.NewResId(cmap, "literalConfigMap"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+				resid.NewResId(cmap, "literalConfigMap"): resource.NewFromMap(
 					map[string]interface{}{
 						"apiVersion": "v1",
 						"kind":       "ConfigMap",
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/resmap.go b/pkg/resmap/resmap.go
index f40f0d475..29c7dedbe 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/resmap.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/resmap.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (m ResMap) EncodeAsYaml() ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
 	for _, id := range ids {
 		obj := m[id]
-		out, err := yaml.Marshal(obj)
+		out, err := yaml.Marshal(obj.Map())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (m ResMap) ErrorIfNotEqual(m2 ResMap) error {
 func (m ResMap) DeepCopy() ResMap {
 	mcopy := make(ResMap)
 	for id, obj := range m {
-		mcopy[id] = resource.NewResourceFromUnstruct(obj.Unstructured)
+		mcopy[id] = resource.NewFromKunstructured(obj.Copy())
 		mcopy[id].SetBehavior(obj.Behavior())
 	}
 	return mcopy
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func NewResMapFromFiles(
 
 // newResMapFromBytes decodes a list of objects in byte array format.
 func newResMapFromBytes(b []byte, d ifc.Decoder) (ResMap, error) {
-	resources, err := resource.NewResourceSliceFromBytes(b, d)
+	resources, err := resource.NewSliceFromBytes(b, d)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -227,15 +227,18 @@ func MergeWithOverride(maps ...ResMap) (ResMap, error) {
 				id = matchedId[0]
 				switch r.Behavior() {
 				case ifc.BehaviorReplace:
-					glog.V(4).Infof("Replace %v with %v", result[id].Object, r.Object)
+					glog.V(4).Infof(
+						"Replace %v with %v", result[id].Map(), r.Map())
 					r.Replace(result[id])
 					result[id] = r
 					result[id].SetBehavior(ifc.BehaviorCreate)
 				case ifc.BehaviorMerge:
-					glog.V(4).Infof("Merging %v with %v", result[id].Object, r.Object)
+					glog.V(4).Infof(
+						"Merging %v with %v", result[id].Map(), r.Map())
 					r.Merge(result[id])
 					result[id] = r
-					glog.V(4).Infof("Merged object is %v", result[id].Object)
+					glog.V(4).Infof(
+						"Merged object is %v", result[id].Map())
 					result[id].SetBehavior(ifc.BehaviorCreate)
 				default:
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("id %#v exists; must merge or replace", id)
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/resmap_test.go b/pkg/resmap/resmap_test.go
index fcde0294a..d3653e31c 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/resmap_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/resmap_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ metadata:
   name: cm2
 `)
 	input := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ metadata:
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ metadata:
 
 func TestDemandOneMatchForId(t *testing.T) {
 	rm1 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm1", "prefix1", "ns1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm1", "prefix1", "ns1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestDemandOneMatchForId(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm2", "prefix1", "ns1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm2", "prefix1", "ns1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestDemandOneMatchForId(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFilterBy(t *testing.T) {
-	rm := ResMap{resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm1", "prefix1", "ns1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+	rm := ResMap{resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm1", "prefix1", "ns1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "v1",
 			"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func TestFilterBy(t *testing.T) {
 				"name": "cm1",
 			},
 		}),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm2", "prefix1", "ns1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm2", "prefix1", "ns1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestFilterBy(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	rm1 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm3", "prefix1", "ns2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm3", "prefix1", "ns2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func TestFilterBy(t *testing.T) {
 }
 func TestDeepCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	rm1 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func TestDeepCopy(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestDeepCopy(t *testing.T) {
 func TestErrorIfNotEqual(t *testing.T) {
 
 	rm1 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func TestErrorIfNotEqual(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func TestErrorIfNotEqual(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	rm2 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func TestErrorIfNotEqual(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	rm3 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func TestErrorIfNotEqual(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	rm4 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ metadata:
 	if ferr := l.AddFile("/home/seans/project/deployment.yaml", []byte(resourceStr)); ferr != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error adding fake file: %v\n", ferr)
 	}
-	expected := ResMap{resid.NewResId(deploy, "dply1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+	expected := ResMap{resid.NewResId(deploy, "dply1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 			"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ metadata:
 				"name": "dply1",
 			},
 		}),
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "dply2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "dply2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ metadata:
   name: cm2
 `)
 	expected := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ metadata:
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ metadata:
 
 func TestMergeWithoutOverride(t *testing.T) {
 	input1 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func TestMergeWithoutOverride(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	input2 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(statefulset, "stateful1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(statefulset, "stateful1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "StatefulSet",
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func TestMergeWithoutOverride(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	input := []ResMap{input1, input2}
 	expected := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func TestMergeWithoutOverride(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "foo-deploy1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(statefulset, "stateful1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(statefulset, "stateful1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "StatefulSet",
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ func TestMergeWithoutOverride(t *testing.T) {
 func generateMergeFixtures(b ifc.GenerationBehavior) []ResMap {
 
 	input1 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cmap"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cmap"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func generateMergeFixtures(b ifc.GenerationBehavior) []ResMap {
 			}),
 	}
 	input2 := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cmap"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cmap"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func generateMergeFixtures(b ifc.GenerationBehavior) []ResMap {
 
 func TestMergeWithOverride(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cmap"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cmap"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/secret.go b/pkg/resmap/secret.go
index cdfa97d87..06e27f8c3 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/secret.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/secret.go
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ func NewResMapFromSecretArgs(
 		if args.Behavior == "" {
 			args.Behavior = "create"
 		}
-		res, err := resource.NewResourceWithBehavior(
+		res, err := resource.NewWithBehavior(
 			s, ifc.NewGenerationBehavior(args.Behavior))
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "NewResourceWithBehavior")
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "NewWithBehavior")
 		}
 		allResources = append(allResources, res)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/secret_test.go b/pkg/resmap/secret_test.go
index ef4825a44..53242b6f3 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/secret_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/secret_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestNewResMapFromSecretArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expected := ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(secret, "apple"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(secret, "apple"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Secret",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestNewResMapFromSecretArgs(t *testing.T) {
 					"DB_PASSWORD": base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("somepw")),
 				},
 			}).SetBehavior(ifc.BehaviorCreate),
-		resid.NewResId(secret, "peanuts"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(secret, "peanuts"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Secret",
diff --git a/pkg/resource/resource.go b/pkg/resource/resource.go
index 0229999d1..9ef6683b1 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/resource.go
@@ -18,55 +18,48 @@ limitations under the License.
 package resource
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
+	"log"
 	"strings"
 
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/gvk"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/k8sdeps"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
 	internal "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/error"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/patch"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resid"
 )
 
-// Resource is an "Unstructured" (json/map form) Kubernetes API resource object
+// Resource is map representation of a Kubernetes API resource object
 // paired with a GenerationBehavior.
 type Resource struct {
-	unstructured.Unstructured
+	ifc.Kunstructured
 	b ifc.GenerationBehavior
 }
 
-// NewResourceWithBehavior returns a new instance of Resource.
-func NewResourceWithBehavior(obj runtime.Object, b ifc.GenerationBehavior) (*Resource, error) {
-	// Convert obj to a byte stream, then convert that to JSON (Unstructured).
-	marshaled, err := json.Marshal(obj)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+// NewWithBehavior returns a new instance of Resource.
+func NewWithBehavior(obj runtime.Object, b ifc.GenerationBehavior) (*Resource, error) {
+	u, err := k8sdeps.NewKunstructuredFromObject(obj)
+	return &Resource{Kunstructured: u, b: b}, err
+}
+
+// NewFromMap returns a new instance of Resource.
+func NewFromMap(m map[string]interface{}) *Resource {
+	return &Resource{
+		Kunstructured: k8sdeps.NewKunstructuredFromMap(m),
+		b:             ifc.BehaviorUnspecified}
+}
+
+// NewFromKunstructured returns a new instance of Resource.
+func NewFromKunstructured(u ifc.Kunstructured) *Resource {
+	if u == nil {
+		log.Fatal("unstruct ifc must not be null")
 	}
-	var u unstructured.Unstructured
-	err = u.UnmarshalJSON(marshaled)
-	// creationTimestamp always 'null', remove it
-	u.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{})
-	return &Resource{Unstructured: u, b: b}, err
+	return &Resource{Kunstructured: u, b: ifc.BehaviorUnspecified}
 }
 
-// NewResourceFromMap returns a new instance of Resource.
-func NewResourceFromMap(m map[string]interface{}) *Resource {
-	return NewResourceFromUnstruct(unstructured.Unstructured{Object: m})
-}
-
-// NewResourceFromUnstruct returns a new instance of Resource.
-func NewResourceFromUnstruct(u unstructured.Unstructured) *Resource {
-	return &Resource{Unstructured: u, b: ifc.BehaviorUnspecified}
-}
-
-// NewResourceSliceFromPatches returns a slice of resources given a patch path
+// NewSliceFromPatches returns a slice of resources given a patch path
 // slice from a kustomization file.
-func NewResourceSliceFromPatches(
+func NewSliceFromPatches(
 	ldr ifc.Loader, paths []patch.StrategicMerge,
 	decoder ifc.Decoder) ([]*Resource, error) {
 	var result []*Resource
@@ -75,7 +68,7 @@ func NewResourceSliceFromPatches(
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		res, err := NewResourceSliceFromBytes(content, decoder)
+		res, err := NewSliceFromBytes(content, decoder)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, internal.Handler(err, string(path))
 		}
@@ -84,29 +77,20 @@ func NewResourceSliceFromPatches(
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-// NewResourceSliceFromBytes unmarshalls bytes into a Resource slice.
-func NewResourceSliceFromBytes(
+// NewSliceFromBytes unmarshalls bytes into a Resource slice.
+func NewSliceFromBytes(
 	in []byte, decoder ifc.Decoder) ([]*Resource, error) {
-	decoder.SetInput(in)
-	var result []*Resource
-	var err error
-	for err == nil || isEmptyYamlError(err) {
-		var out unstructured.Unstructured
-		err = decoder.Decode(&out)
-		if err == nil {
-			result = append(result, NewResourceFromUnstruct(out))
-		}
-	}
-	if err != io.EOF {
+	funStructs, err := k8sdeps.NewKunstructuredSliceFromBytes(in, decoder)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	var result []*Resource
+	for _, u := range funStructs {
+		result = append(result, NewFromKunstructured(u))
+	}
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func isEmptyYamlError(err error) bool {
-	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is missing in 'null'")
-}
-
 // String returns resource as JSON.
 func (r *Resource) String() string {
 	bs, err := r.MarshalJSON()
@@ -134,24 +118,27 @@ func (r *Resource) IsGenerated() bool {
 
 // Id returns the ResId for the resource.
 func (r *Resource) Id() resid.ResId {
-	return resid.NewResId(gvk.FromSchemaGvk(r.GroupVersionKind()), r.GetName())
+	return resid.NewResId(r.GetGvk(), r.GetName())
 }
 
 // Merge performs merge with other resource.
 func (r *Resource) Merge(other *Resource) {
 	r.Replace(other)
-	mergeConfigmap(r.Object, other.Object, r.Object)
+	mergeConfigmap(r.Map(), other.Map(), r.Map())
 }
 
 // Replace performs replace with other resource.
 func (r *Resource) Replace(other *Resource) {
 	r.SetLabels(mergeStringMaps(other.GetLabels(), r.GetLabels()))
-	r.SetAnnotations(mergeStringMaps(other.GetAnnotations(), r.GetAnnotations()))
+	r.SetAnnotations(
+		mergeStringMaps(other.GetAnnotations(), r.GetAnnotations()))
 	r.SetName(other.GetName())
 }
 
 // TODO: Add BinaryData once we sync to new k8s.io/api
-func mergeConfigmap(mergedTo map[string]interface{}, maps ...map[string]interface{}) {
+func mergeConfigmap(
+	mergedTo map[string]interface{},
+	maps ...map[string]interface{}) {
 	mergedMap := map[string]interface{}{}
 	for _, m := range maps {
 		datamap, ok := m["data"].(map[string]interface{})
@@ -173,30 +160,3 @@ func mergeStringMaps(maps ...map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	}
 	return result
 }
-
-// GetFieldValue returns value at the given fieldpath.
-func (r *Resource) GetFieldValue(fieldPath string) (string, error) {
-	return getFieldValue(r.UnstructuredContent(), strings.Split(fieldPath, "."))
-}
-
-func getFieldValue(m map[string]interface{}, pathToField []string) (string, error) {
-	if len(pathToField) == 0 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("field not found")
-	}
-	if len(pathToField) == 1 {
-		if v, found := m[pathToField[0]]; found {
-			if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
-				return s, nil
-			}
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("value at fieldpath is not of string type")
-		}
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("field at given fieldpath does not exist")
-	}
-	v := m[pathToField[0]]
-	switch typedV := v.(type) {
-	case map[string]interface{}:
-		return getFieldValue(typedV, pathToField[1:])
-	default:
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("%#v is not expected to be a primitive type", typedV)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/resource/resource_test.go b/pkg/resource/resource_test.go
index 10a610933..500ec04ba 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/resource_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/resource_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/patch"
 )
 
-var testConfigMap = NewResourceFromMap(
+var testConfigMap = NewFromMap(
 	map[string]interface{}{
 		"apiVersion": "v1",
 		"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var testConfigMap = NewResourceFromMap(
 
 const testConfigMapString = `unspecified:{"apiVersion":"v1","kind":"ConfigMap","metadata":{"name":"winnie"}}`
 
-var testDeployment = NewResourceFromMap(
+var testDeployment = NewFromMap(
 	map[string]interface{}{
 		"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 		"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT: woot
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		rs, err := NewResourceSliceFromPatches(
+		rs, err := NewSliceFromPatches(
 			l, test.input, k8sdeps.NewKustDecoder())
 		if test.expectedErr && err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("%v: should return error", test.name)
@@ -142,149 +142,3 @@ WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT: woot
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestNewResourceSliceFromBytes(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name        string
-		input       []byte
-		expectedOut []*Resource
-		expectedErr bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:        "garbage",
-			input:       []byte("garbageIn: garbageOut"),
-			expectedOut: []*Resource{},
-			expectedErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:        "noBytes",
-			input:       []byte{},
-			expectedOut: []*Resource{},
-			expectedErr: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "goodJson",
-			input: []byte(`
-{"apiVersion":"v1","kind":"ConfigMap","metadata":{"name":"winnie"}}
-`),
-			expectedOut: []*Resource{testConfigMap},
-			expectedErr: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "goodYaml1",
-			input: []byte(`
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: winnie
-`),
-			expectedOut: []*Resource{testConfigMap},
-			expectedErr: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "goodYaml2",
-			input: []byte(`
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: winnie
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: winnie
-`),
-			expectedOut: []*Resource{testConfigMap, testConfigMap},
-			expectedErr: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "garbageInOneOfTwoObjects",
-			input: []byte(`
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: winnie
----
-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT:  woot
-`),
-			expectedOut: []*Resource{},
-			expectedErr: true,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		rs, err := NewResourceSliceFromBytes(
-			test.input, k8sdeps.NewKustDecoder())
-		if test.expectedErr && err == nil {
-			t.Fatalf("%v: should return error", test.name)
-		}
-		if !test.expectedErr && err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("%v: unexpected error: %s", test.name, err)
-		}
-		if len(rs) != len(test.expectedOut) {
-			t.Fatalf("%s: length mismatch %d != %d",
-				test.name, len(rs), len(test.expectedOut))
-		}
-		for i := range rs {
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedOut[i], rs[i]) {
-				t.Fatalf("%s: Got: %v\nexpected:%v",
-					test.name, test.expectedOut[i], rs[i])
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGetFieldValue(t *testing.T) {
-	res := NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
-		"Kind": "Service",
-		"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
-			"labels": map[string]string{
-				"app": "application-name",
-			},
-			"name": "service-name",
-		},
-		"spec": map[string]interface{}{
-			"ports": map[string]interface{}{
-				"port": "80",
-			},
-		},
-	})
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		pathToField   string
-		expectedValue string
-		errorExpected bool
-	}{
-		{
-			pathToField:   "Kind",
-			expectedValue: "Service",
-			errorExpected: false,
-		},
-		{
-			pathToField:   "metadata.name",
-			expectedValue: "service-name",
-			errorExpected: false,
-		},
-		{
-			pathToField:   "metadata.non-existing-field",
-			expectedValue: "",
-			errorExpected: true,
-		},
-		{
-			pathToField:   "spec.ports.port",
-			expectedValue: "80",
-			errorExpected: false,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		s, err := res.GetFieldValue(test.pathToField)
-		if test.errorExpected && err == nil {
-			t.Fatalf("should return error, but no error returned")
-		} else {
-			if test.expectedValue != s {
-				t.Fatalf("Got:%s expected:%s", s, test.expectedValue)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/target/kusttarget.go b/pkg/target/kusttarget.go
index 2e67b9029..4c1000828 100644
--- a/pkg/target/kusttarget.go
+++ b/pkg/target/kusttarget.go
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) loadCustomizedResMap() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	patches, err := resource.NewResourceSliceFromPatches(
+	patches, err := resource.NewSliceFromPatches(
 		kt.ldr, kt.kustomization.PatchesStrategicMerge, kt.decoder)
 	if err != nil {
-		errs.Append(errors.Wrap(err, "NewResourceSliceFromPatches"))
+		errs.Append(errors.Wrap(err, "NewSliceFromPatches"))
 	}
 
 	if len(errs.Get()) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go b/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
index 7f45fafe9..4b064eda7 100644
--- a/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
+++ b/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ var ns = gvk.Gvk{Version: "v1", Kind: "Namespace"}
 
 func TestResources1(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(deploy, "dply1", "foo-", "ns1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(deploy, "dply1", "foo-", "ns1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestResources1(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "literalConfigMap", "foo-", "ns1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "literalConfigMap", "foo-", "ns1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func TestResources1(t *testing.T) {
 					"DB_PASSWORD": "somepw",
 				},
 			}).SetBehavior(ifc.BehaviorCreate),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(secret, "secret", "foo-", "ns1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(secret, "secret", "foo-", "ns1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Secret",
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func TestResources1(t *testing.T) {
 					"DB_PASSWORD": base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("somepw")),
 				},
 			}).SetBehavior(ifc.BehaviorCreate),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(ns, "ns1", "foo-", ""): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(ns, "ns1", "foo-", ""): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Namespace",
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/imagetag.go b/pkg/transformers/imagetag.go
index e99297415..ef1f7c279 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/imagetag.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/imagetag.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (pt *imageTagTransformer) Transform(resources resmap.ResMap) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	for _, res := range resources {
-		err := pt.findAndReplaceTag(res.UnstructuredContent())
+		err := pt.findAndReplaceTag(res.Map())
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/imagetag_test.go b/pkg/transformers/imagetag_test.go
index c5b2e03a4..1156a9eda 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/imagetag_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/imagetag_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestImageTagTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	m := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestImageTagTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(gvk.Gvk{Kind: "randomKind"}, "random"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(gvk.Gvk{Kind: "randomKind"}, "random"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"spec": map[string]interface{}{
 					"template": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestImageTagTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestImageTagTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(gvk.Gvk{Kind: "randomKind"}, "random"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(gvk.Gvk{Kind: "randomKind"}, "random"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"spec": map[string]interface{}{
 					"template": map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations.go b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations.go
index 4ff008ea2..ea8070279 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func NewMapTransformer(pc []transformerconfig.PathConfig, m map[string]string) (
 // fields specified in mapTransformer.
 func (o *mapTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 	for id := range m {
-		objMap := m[id].UnstructuredContent()
+		objMap := m[id].Map()
 		for _, path := range o.pathConfigs {
 			if !id.Gvk().IsSelected(&path.Gvk) {
 				continue
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go
index 6c8c47ba3..d4814f47d 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var ingress = gvk.Gvk{Kind: "Ingress"}
 
 func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 	m := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Service",
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(job, "job1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(job, "job1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "batch/v1",
 				"kind":       "Job",
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(job, "job2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(job, "job2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "batch/v1",
 				"kind":       "Job",
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cronjob, "cronjob1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cronjob, "cronjob1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "batch/v1beta1",
 				"kind":       "CronJob",
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cronjob, "cronjob2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cronjob, "cronjob2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "batch/v1beta1",
 				"kind":       "CronJob",
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Service",
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(job, "job1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(job, "job1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "batch/v1",
 				"kind":       "Job",
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(job, "job2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(job, "job2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "batch/v1",
 				"kind":       "Job",
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cronjob, "cronjob1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cronjob, "cronjob1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "batch/v1beta1",
 				"kind":       "CronJob",
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cronjob, "cronjob2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cronjob, "cronjob2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "batch/v1beta1",
 				"kind":       "CronJob",
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAnnotationsRun(t *testing.T) {
 	m := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ func TestAnnotationsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ func TestAnnotationsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Service",
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func TestAnnotationsRun(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ func TestAnnotationsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ func TestAnnotationsRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Service",
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namehash.go b/pkg/transformers/namehash.go
index 67c699d88..51f09208b 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namehash.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namehash.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (o *nameHashTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 }
 
 func (o *nameHashTransformer) appendHash(res *resource.Resource) error {
-	h, err := o.hash.Hash(res.Object)
+	h, err := o.hash.Hash(res.Map())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namehash_test.go b/pkg/transformers/namehash_test.go
index 5f0ed98a5..81ec42e47 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namehash_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namehash_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestNameHashTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	objs := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestNameHashTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestNameHashTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Service",
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestNameHashTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(secret, "secret1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(secret, "secret1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Secret",
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestNameHashTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestNameHashTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestNameHashTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(service, "svc1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Service",
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func TestNameHashTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(secret, "secret1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(secret, "secret1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Secret",
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namereference.go b/pkg/transformers/namereference.go
index 22f8a319e..0ce85ec12 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namereference.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namereference.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func NewNameReferenceTransformer(pc []transformerconfig.ReferencePathConfig) (Tr
 // then the old name is k.Name and the new name is v.GetName()
 func (o *nameReferenceTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 	for id := range m {
-		objMap := m[id].UnstructuredContent()
+		objMap := m[id].Map()
 		for _, referencePathConfig := range o.pathConfigs {
 			for _, path := range referencePathConfig.PathConfigs {
 				if !id.Gvk().IsSelected(&path.Gvk) {
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go b/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go
index b52351cb4..5fc7e3b7a 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 	m := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "someprefix-cm1-somehash",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "someprefix-cm2-somehash",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(secret, "secret1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(secret, "secret1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Secret",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "someprefix-secret1-somehash",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(pvc, "claim1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(pvc, "claim1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "PersistentVolumeClaim",
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "someprefix-claim1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(ingress, "ingress1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(ingress, "ingress1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "extensions",
 				"apiVersion": "v1beta1",
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		),
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(statefulset, "statefulset1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(statefulset, "statefulset1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 		expected[k] = v
 	}
 
-	expected[resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1")] = resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+	expected[resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1")] = resource.NewFromMap(
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"group":      "apps",
 			"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		})
-	expected[resid.NewResId(statefulset, "statefulset1")] = resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+	expected[resid.NewResId(statefulset, "statefulset1")] = resource.NewFromMap(
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"group":      "apps",
 			"apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		})
-	expected[resid.NewResId(ingress, "ingress1")] = resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+	expected[resid.NewResId(ingress, "ingress1")] = resource.NewFromMap(
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"group":      "extensions",
 			"apiVersion": "v1beta1",
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namespace.go b/pkg/transformers/namespace.go
index 16366a0a8..84528966c 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namespace.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namespace.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (o *namespaceTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 	}
 
 	for id := range mf {
-		objMap := mf[id].UnstructuredContent()
+		objMap := mf[id].Map()
 		for _, path := range o.pathConfigs {
 			if !id.Gvk().IsSelected(&path.Gvk) {
 				continue
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (o *namespaceTransformer) updateClusterRoleBinding(m resmap.ResMap) {
 		if id.Gvk().Kind != "ClusterRoleBinding" && id.Gvk().Kind != "RoleBinding" {
 			continue
 		}
-		objMap := m[id].UnstructuredContent()
+		objMap := m[id].Map()
 		subjects := objMap["subjects"].([]interface{})
 		for i := range subjects {
 			subject := subjects[i].(map[string]interface{})
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namespace_test.go b/pkg/transformers/namespace_test.go
index 5943b59d6..eb8ca25c8 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namespace_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namespace_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 	m := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"namespace": "foo",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(ns, "ns1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(ns, "ns1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Namespace",
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "ns1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(sa, "default"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(sa, "default"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ServiceAccount",
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"namespace": "system",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(sa, "service-account"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(sa, "service-account"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ServiceAccount",
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"namespace": "system",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(crb, "crb"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(crb, "crb"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1",
 				"kind":       "ClusterRoleBinding",
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(crd, "crd"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(crd, "crd"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1",
 				"kind":       "CustomResourceDefinition",
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(ns, "ns1", "", ""): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(ns, "ns1", "", ""): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "Namespace",
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "ns1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm1", "", "test"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm1", "", "test"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"namespace": "test",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm2", "", "test"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "cm2", "", "test"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"namespace": "test",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(sa, "default", "", "test"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(sa, "default", "", "test"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ServiceAccount",
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"namespace": "test",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(sa, "service-account", "", "test"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(sa, "service-account", "", "test"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ServiceAccount",
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"namespace": "test",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(crb, "crb"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(crb, "crb"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1",
 				"kind":       "ClusterRoleBinding",
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func TestNamespaceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(crd, "crd"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(crd, "crd"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1",
 				"kind":       "CustomResourceDefinition",
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/patch.go b/pkg/transformers/patch.go
index eae69d6af..af5d6f7e1 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/patch.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/patch.go
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ func (pt *patchTransformer) Transform(baseResourceMap resmap.ResMap) error {
 		switch {
 		case runtime.IsNotRegisteredError(err):
 			// Use JSON merge patch to handle types w/o schema
-			baseBytes, err := json.Marshal(base)
+			baseBytes, err := json.Marshal(base.Map())
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			patchBytes, err := json.Marshal(patch)
+			patchBytes, err := json.Marshal(patch.Map())
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -98,15 +98,15 @@ func (pt *patchTransformer) Transform(baseResourceMap resmap.ResMap) error {
 				return err
 			}
 			merged, err = strategicpatch.StrategicMergeMapPatchUsingLookupPatchMeta(
-				base.Object,
-				patch.Object,
+				base.Map(),
+				patch.Map(),
 				lookupPatchMeta)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
 		base.SetName(baseName)
-		baseResourceMap[id].Object = merged
+		baseResourceMap[id].SetMap(merged)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ func (pt *patchTransformer) mergePatches() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("there is conflict between %#v and %#v", conflictingPatch.Object, patch.Object)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+				"conflict between %#v and %#v",
+				conflictingPatch.Map(), patch.Map())
 		}
 		merged, err := cd.mergePatches(existing, patch)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/patch_test.go b/pkg/transformers/patch_test.go
index b8f004100..aca087f28 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/patch_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/patch_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 	base := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	patch := []*resource.Resource{
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 			"kind":       "Deployment",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 		),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func TestOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 	base := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func TestMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	patch := []*resource.Resource{
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 			"kind":       "Deployment",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func TestMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		),
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 			"kind":       "Deployment",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func TestMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 		),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func TestMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMultiplePatchesWithConflict(t *testing.T) {
 	base := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 				"kind":       "Deployment",
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func TestMultiplePatchesWithConflict(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	patch := []*resource.Resource{
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 			"kind":       "Deployment",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func TestMultiplePatchesWithConflict(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		),
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
 			"kind":       "Deployment",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func TestMultiplePatchesWithConflict(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNoSchemaOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 	base := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 				"kind":       "Foo",
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	patch := []*resource.Resource{
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 			"kind":       "Foo",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 		),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 				"kind":       "Foo",
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 	base := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 				"kind":       "Foo",
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	patch := []*resource.Resource{
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 			"kind":       "Foo",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		),
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 			"kind":       "Foo",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 		),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 				"kind":       "Foo",
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatchesWithConflict(t *testing.T) {
 	base := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(foo, "my-foo"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 				"kind":       "Foo",
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatchesWithConflict(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	patch := []*resource.Resource{
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 			"kind":       "Foo",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatchesWithConflict(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		}),
-		resource.NewResourceFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		resource.NewFromMap(map[string]interface{}{
 			"apiVersion": "example.com/v1",
 			"kind":       "Foo",
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/patchconflictdetector.go b/pkg/transformers/patchconflictdetector.go
index 97a65f022..2a8fe1d52 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/patchconflictdetector.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/patchconflictdetector.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package transformers
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-
 	"github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/mergepatch"
@@ -40,20 +39,23 @@ func newJMPConflictDetector() conflictDetector {
 	return &jsonMergePatch{}
 }
 
-func (jmp *jsonMergePatch) hasConflict(patch1, patch2 *resource.Resource) (bool, error) {
-	return mergepatch.HasConflicts(patch1.Object, patch2.Object)
+func (jmp *jsonMergePatch) hasConflict(
+	patch1, patch2 *resource.Resource) (bool, error) {
+	return mergepatch.HasConflicts(patch1.Map(), patch2.Map())
 }
 
-func (jmp *jsonMergePatch) findConflict(conflictingPatchIdx int, patches []*resource.Resource) (*resource.Resource, error) {
+func (jmp *jsonMergePatch) findConflict(
+	conflictingPatchIdx int, patches []*resource.Resource) (*resource.Resource, error) {
 	for i, patch := range patches {
 		if i == conflictingPatchIdx {
 			continue
 		}
-		if patches[conflictingPatchIdx].GroupVersionKind() != patch.GroupVersionKind() ||
-			patches[conflictingPatchIdx].GetName() != patch.GetName() {
+		if !patches[conflictingPatchIdx].Id().GvknEquals(patch.Id()) {
 			continue
 		}
-		conflict, err := mergepatch.HasConflicts(patch.Object, patches[conflictingPatchIdx].Object)
+		conflict, err := mergepatch.HasConflicts(
+			patch.Map(),
+			patches[conflictingPatchIdx].Map())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -64,14 +66,13 @@ func (jmp *jsonMergePatch) findConflict(conflictingPatchIdx int, patches []*reso
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (jmp *jsonMergePatch) mergePatches(patch1, patch2 *resource.Resource) (*resource.Resource, error) {
-	var merged resource.Resource
-	var mergedMap map[string]interface{}
-	baseBytes, err := json.Marshal(patch1.Object)
+func (jmp *jsonMergePatch) mergePatches(
+	patch1, patch2 *resource.Resource) (*resource.Resource, error) {
+	baseBytes, err := json.Marshal(patch1.Map())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	patchBytes, err := json.Marshal(patch2.Object)
+	patchBytes, err := json.Marshal(patch2.Map())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ func (jmp *jsonMergePatch) mergePatches(patch1, patch2 *resource.Resource) (*res
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	mergedMap := make(map[string]interface{})
 	err = json.Unmarshal(mergedBytes, &mergedMap)
-	merged.SetUnstructuredContent(mergedMap)
-	return &merged, err
+	return resource.NewFromMap(mergedMap), err
 }
 
 type strategicMergePatch struct {
@@ -95,21 +96,24 @@ func newSMPConflictDetector(versionedObj runtime.Object) (conflictDetector, erro
 	return &strategicMergePatch{lookupPatchMeta: lookupPatchMeta}, err
 }
 
-func (smp *strategicMergePatch) hasConflict(patch1, patch2 *resource.Resource) (bool, error) {
-	return strategicpatch.MergingMapsHaveConflicts(patch1.Object, patch2.Object, smp.lookupPatchMeta)
+func (smp *strategicMergePatch) hasConflict(p1, p2 *resource.Resource) (bool, error) {
+	return strategicpatch.MergingMapsHaveConflicts(
+		p1.Map(), p2.Map(), smp.lookupPatchMeta)
 }
 
-func (smp *strategicMergePatch) findConflict(conflictingPatchIdx int, patches []*resource.Resource) (*resource.Resource, error) {
+func (smp *strategicMergePatch) findConflict(
+	conflictingPatchIdx int, patches []*resource.Resource) (*resource.Resource, error) {
 	for i, patch := range patches {
 		if i == conflictingPatchIdx {
 			continue
 		}
-		if patches[conflictingPatchIdx].GroupVersionKind() != patch.GroupVersionKind() ||
-			patches[conflictingPatchIdx].GetName() != patch.GetName() {
+		if !patches[conflictingPatchIdx].Id().GvknEquals(patch.Id()) {
 			continue
 		}
 		conflict, err := strategicpatch.MergingMapsHaveConflicts(
-			patch.Object, patches[conflictingPatchIdx].Object, smp.lookupPatchMeta)
+			patch.Map(),
+			patches[conflictingPatchIdx].Map(),
+			smp.lookupPatchMeta)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -121,9 +125,7 @@ func (smp *strategicMergePatch) findConflict(conflictingPatchIdx int, patches []
 }
 
 func (smp *strategicMergePatch) mergePatches(patch1, patch2 *resource.Resource) (*resource.Resource, error) {
-	merged := resource.Resource{}
 	mergeJsonMap, err := strategicpatch.MergeStrategicMergeMapPatchUsingLookupPatchMeta(
-		smp.lookupPatchMeta, patch1.Object, patch2.Object)
-	merged.SetUnstructuredContent(mergeJsonMap)
-	return &merged, err
+		smp.lookupPatchMeta, patch1.Map(), patch2.Map())
+	return resource.NewFromMap(mergeJsonMap), err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/prefixname.go b/pkg/transformers/prefixname.go
index 7e294812f..15e5e6a67 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/prefixname.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/prefixname.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (o *namePrefixTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 		if id.Gvk().IsSelected(&deprecateNamePrefixPathConfig.Gvk) {
 			log.Println("Adding nameprefix to Namespace resource will be deprecated in next release.")
 		}
-		objMap := mf[id].UnstructuredContent()
+		objMap := mf[id].Map()
 		for _, path := range o.pathConfigs {
 			if !id.Gvk().IsSelected(&path.Gvk) {
 				continue
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/prefixname_test.go b/pkg/transformers/prefixname_test.go
index 01efbacdf..b7bd89980 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/prefixname_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/prefixname_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestPrefixNameRun(t *testing.T) {
 	m := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm1"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestPrefixNameRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(cmap, "cm2"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestPrefixNameRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "cm2",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(crd, "crd"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(crd, "crd"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1",
 				"kind":       "CustomResourceDefinition",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestPrefixNameRun(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 	expected := resmap.ResMap{
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefix(cmap, "cm1", "someprefix-"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefix(cmap, "cm1", "someprefix-"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestPrefixNameRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "someprefix-cm1",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResIdWithPrefix(cmap, "cm2", "someprefix-"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResIdWithPrefix(cmap, "cm2", "someprefix-"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "v1",
 				"kind":       "ConfigMap",
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestPrefixNameRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "someprefix-cm2",
 				},
 			}),
-		resid.NewResId(crd, "crd"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+		resid.NewResId(crd, "crd"): resource.NewFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"apiVersion": "apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1",
 				"kind":       "CustomResourceDefinition",
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/refvars.go b/pkg/transformers/refvars.go
index 47e131e4a..596198a61 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/refvars.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/refvars.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func NewRefVarTransformer(vars map[string]string, p []transformerconfig.PathConf
 // 3.  Add remaining service environment vars
 func (rv *refvarTransformer) Transform(resources resmap.ResMap) error {
 	for resId := range resources {
-		objMap := resources[resId].UnstructuredContent()
+		objMap := resources[resId].Map()
 		for _, pc := range rv.pathConfigs {
 			if !resId.Gvk().IsSelected(&pc.Gvk) {
 				continue