 		###
 		Obtain a client to EC2
 		###
+		
 		return new aws_sdk.EC2 @extract_client_options node_name
 		
 	extract_property: (property_name, node_name) ->
 		###
 		Extracts a property by looking into a node and upper layers of the manifest.
 		###
+		
 		try
 			node = @get_node node_name
 		catch e

		###
		Extracts a namespace by looking it up in the node itself and upper layers of the manifest
		###
		try
			node = @get_node node_name
		catch

		return @manifest.namespace if @manifest.namespace?
		
	extract_client_options: (node_name) ->
		###
		Extracts options related to the AWS client.
		###
		
		access_key_id = @extract_access_key_id node_name
		secret_access_key = @extract_secret_access_key node_name
		region = @extract_region node_name
