def delete(self):
        """
        Deletes the current instance. Override this in a subclass if you want to
        control the deleting process.
        """
        if self.resource_uri is None:
            raise ValueError("{0} object cannot be deleted because resource_uri attribute cannot be None".format(self._meta.resource_name))

        self._meta.api.http_resource("DELETE", self.resource_uri)