(function(root, factory) {
Custom Backbone build by Hadrien Milano (github.com/hmil/)
based on Backbone.js 1.1.2
(c) 2010-2014 Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud and Investigative Reporters & Editors
Backbone may be freely distributed under the MIT license.
For all details and documentation:
http://hmil.github.io/backbone
(function(root, factory) {
Set up Backbone appropriately for the environment. Start with AMD.
if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
define(['underscore', 'jquery', 'exports'], function(_, $, exports) {
Export global even in AMD case in case this script is loaded with others that may still expect a global Backbone.
root.Backbone = factory(root, exports, _, $);
});
Next for Node.js or CommonJS. jQuery may not be needed as a module.
} else if (typeof exports !== 'undefined') {
var _ = require('underscore');
factory(root, exports, _);
Finally, as a browser global.
} else {
root.Backbone = factory(root, {}, root._, (root.jQuery || root.Zepto || root.ender || root.$));
}
}(this, function(root, Backbone, _, $) {
Save the previous value of the Backbone
variable, so that it can be
restored later on, if noConflict
is used.
var previousBackbone = root.Backbone;
Create local references to array methods we’ll want to use later.
var array = [];
var slice = array.slice;
Current version of the library. Keep in sync with package.json
.
Backbone.VERSION = '1.1.2';
For Backbone’s purposes, jQuery, Zepto, Ender, or My Library (kidding) owns
the $
variable.
Backbone.$ = $;
Runs Backbone.js in noConflict mode, returning the Backbone
variable
to its previous owner. Returns a reference to this Backbone object.
Backbone.noConflict = function() {
root.Backbone = previousBackbone;
return this;
};
Turn on emulateHTTP
to support legacy HTTP servers. Setting this option
will fake "PATCH"
, "PUT"
and "DELETE"
requests via the _method
parameter and
set a X-Http-Method-Override
header.
Backbone.emulateHTTP = false;
Turn on emulateJSON
to support legacy servers that can’t deal with direct
application/json
requests … will encode the body as
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
instead and will send the model in a
form param named model
.
Backbone.emulateJSON = false;
Turn on compatMode
to suppress warnings in case you want to use backbone “the old way”
Backbone.compatMode = false;
Some things that underscore did not provide and some other found in underscore-contrib
_.mixin({
Provides a way of checking attributes that were not specified by user
isBlank: function(attr) {
return _.isUndefined(attr) || _.isNull(attr) || _.isNaN(attr) || attr.valueOf() === '';
},
Copy of the original defaults method but this one uses isBlank instead of ‘=== void 0’
defaultsBlank: function(obj) {
if (!_.isObject(obj)) return obj;
for (var i = 1, length = arguments.length; i < length; i++) {
var source = arguments[i];
for (var prop in source) {
if (_.isBlank(obj[prop])) obj[prop] = source[prop];
}
}
return obj;
},
A numeric is a variable that contains a numeric value, regardless its type It can be a String containing a numeric value, exponential notation, or a Number object See here for more discussion: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18082/validate-numbers-in-javascript-isnumeric/1830844#1830844
isNumeric: function(n) {
return !_.isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && _.isFinite(n);
},
An integer contains an optional minus sign to begin and only the digits 0-9 Objects that can be parsed that way are also considered ints, e.g. “123” Floats that are mathematically equal to integers are considered integers, e.g. 1.0 See here for more discussion: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1019515/javascript-test-for-an-integer
isInteger: function(i) {
return _.isNumeric(i) && i % 1 === 0;
}
});
A module that can be mixed in to any object in order to provide it with
custom events. You may bind with on
or remove with off
callback
functions to an event; trigger
-ing an event fires all callbacks in
succession.
var object = {};
_.extend(object, Backbone.Events);
object.on('expand', function(){ alert('expanded'); });
object.trigger('expand');
var Events = Backbone.Events = {
Bind an event to a callback
function. Passing "all"
will bind
the callback to all events fired.
on: function(name, callback, context) {
if (!eventsApi(this, 'on', name, [callback, context]) || !callback) return this;
this._events || (this._events = {});
var events = this._events[name] || (this._events[name] = []);
events.push({callback: callback, context: context, ctx: context || this});
return this;
},
Bind an event to only be triggered a single time. After the first time the callback is invoked, it will be removed.
once: function(name, callback, context) {
if (!eventsApi(this, 'once', name, [callback, context]) || !callback) return this;
var self = this;
var once = _.once(function() {
self.off(name, once);
callback.apply(this, arguments);
});
once._callback = callback;
return this.on(name, once, context);
},
Remove one or many callbacks. If context
is null, removes all
callbacks with that function. If callback
is null, removes all
callbacks for the event. If name
is null, removes all bound
callbacks for all events.
off: function(name, callback, context) {
if (!this._events || !eventsApi(this, 'off', name, [callback, context])) return this;
Remove all callbacks for all events.
if (!name && !callback && !context) {
this._events = void 0;
return this;
}
var names = name ? [name] : _.keys(this._events);
for (var i = 0, length = names.length; i < length; i++) {
name = names[i];
Bail out if there are no events stored.
var events = this._events[name];
if (!events) continue;
Remove all callbacks for this event.
if (!callback && !context) {
delete this._events[name];
continue;
}
Find any remaining events.
var remaining = [];
for (var j = 0, k = events.length; j < k; j++) {
var event = events[j];
if (
callback && callback !== event.callback &&
callback !== event.callback._callback ||
context && context !== event.context
) {
remaining.push(event);
}
}
Replace events if there are any remaining. Otherwise, clean up.
if (remaining.length) {
this._events[name] = remaining;
} else {
delete this._events[name];
}
}
return this;
},
Trigger one or many events, firing all bound callbacks. Callbacks are
passed the same arguments as trigger
is, apart from the event name
(unless you’re listening on "all"
, which will cause your callback to
receive the true name of the event as the first argument).
trigger: function(name) {
if (!this._events) return this;
var args = slice.call(arguments, 1);
if (!eventsApi(this, 'trigger', name, args)) return this;
var events = this._events[name];
var allEvents = this._events.all;
if (events) triggerEvents(events, args);
if (allEvents) triggerEvents(allEvents, arguments);
return this;
},
Tell this object to stop listening to either specific events … or to every object it’s currently listening to.
stopListening: function(obj, name, callback) {
var listeningTo = this._listeningTo;
if (!listeningTo) return this;
var remove = !name && !callback;
if (!callback && typeof name === 'object') callback = this;
if (obj) (listeningTo = {})[obj._listenId] = obj;
for (var id in listeningTo) {
obj = listeningTo[id];
obj.off(name, callback, this);
if (remove || _.isEmpty(obj._events)) delete this._listeningTo[id];
}
return this;
}
};
Regular expression used to split event strings.
var eventSplitter = /\s+/;
Implement fancy features of the Events API such as multiple event
names "change blur"
and jQuery-style event maps {change: action}
in terms of the existing API.
var eventsApi = function(obj, action, name, rest) {
if (!name) return true;
Handle event maps.
if (typeof name === 'object') {
for (var key in name) {
obj[action].apply(obj, [key, name[key]].concat(rest));
}
return false;
}
Handle space separated event names.
if (eventSplitter.test(name)) {
var names = name.split(eventSplitter);
for (var i = 0, length = names.length; i < length; i++) {
obj[action].apply(obj, [names[i]].concat(rest));
}
return false;
}
return true;
};
A difficult-to-believe, but optimized internal dispatch function for triggering events. Tries to keep the usual cases speedy (most internal Backbone events have 3 arguments).
var triggerEvents = function(events, args) {
var ev, i = -1, l = events.length, a1 = args[0], a2 = args[1], a3 = args[2];
switch (args.length) {
case 0: while (++i < l) (ev = events[i]).callback.call(ev.ctx); return;
case 1: while (++i < l) (ev = events[i]).callback.call(ev.ctx, a1); return;
case 2: while (++i < l) (ev = events[i]).callback.call(ev.ctx, a1, a2); return;
case 3: while (++i < l) (ev = events[i]).callback.call(ev.ctx, a1, a2, a3); return;
default: while (++i < l) (ev = events[i]).callback.apply(ev.ctx, args); return;
}
};
var listenMethods = {listenTo: 'on', listenToOnce: 'once'};
Inversion-of-control versions of on
and once
. Tell this object to
listen to an event in another object … keeping track of what it’s
listening to.
_.each(listenMethods, function(implementation, method) {
Events[method] = function(obj, name, callback) {
var listeningTo = this._listeningTo || (this._listeningTo = {});
var id = obj._listenId || (obj._listenId = _.uniqueId('l'));
listeningTo[id] = obj;
if (!callback && typeof name === 'object') callback = this;
obj[implementation](name, callback, this);
return this;
};
});
Aliases for backwards compatibility.
Events.bind = Events.on;
Events.unbind = Events.off;
Allow the Backbone
object to serve as a global event bus, for folks who
want global “pubsub” in a convenient place.
_.extend(Backbone, Events);
Backbone Models are the basic data object in the framework — frequently representing a row in a table in a database on your server. A discrete chunk of data and a bunch of useful, related methods for performing computations and transformations on that data.
Schema types
Backbone.String = String;
Backbone.Number = Number;
Backbone.Boolean = function(val) {
return new Boolean(val !== '0' && val);
};
Create a new model with the specified attributes. A client id (cid
)
is automatically generated and assigned for you.
var Model = Backbone.Model = function(attributes, options) {
var attrs = attributes || {};
if (attrs instanceof Model) attrs = attrs.attributes;
options || (options = {});
this.cid = _.uniqueId('c');
this._processSchema();
this.schema[this.idAttribute] = this.idType;
this._handlers = {};
this.attributes = {};
if (options.collection) this.collection = options.collection;
if (options.parse) attrs = this.parse(attrs, options) || {};
attrs = _.defaults({}, attrs, _.result(this, 'defaults'));
this.set(attrs, options);
this.changed = {};
this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
};
Attach all inheritable methods to the Model prototype.
_.extend(Model.prototype, Events, {
A hash of attributes whose current and previous value differ.
changed: null,
The value returned during the last failed validation.
validationError: null,
The default name for the JSON id
attribute is "id"
. MongoDB and
CouchDB users may want to set this to "_id"
.
idAttribute: 'id',
The id attribute schema type: a string fits most cases and complies with the test suite. However a side effect is that integer values passed as ids are cast to strings (breaking some original tests).
idType: String,
Models are given a name for debugging purpose
name: 'std model',
defaults: {},
The schema allows a programmer to explicitely specify a model’s structure
schema: {},
Virtual attributes are computed from actual attributes value
virtual: {},
Labels helps building consistent forms
labels: {},
Define validation rules for each attribute
validators: {},
Initialize is an empty function by default. Override it with your own initialization logic.
initialize: function(){},
Return a copy of the model’s attributes
object.
toJSON: function(options) {
var c = _.clone(this.attributes);
_.each(this.schema, function(a, key) {
var val = c[key];
if (val == null) return;
if (val.toJSON !== undefined) {
c[key] = val.toJSON();
} else {
c[key] = val.valueOf();
}
});
return c;
},
Proxy Backbone.sync
by default — but override this if you need
custom syncing semantics for this particular model.
sync: function() {
return Backbone.sync.apply(this, arguments);
},
Get the value of an attribute.
get: function(attr) {
if (_.has(this.virtual, attr)){
return this.virtual[attr].apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
} else {
var val = this.attributes[attr];
return val && val.valueOf();
}
},
Get the label of an attribute
getLabel: function(key) {
return this.labels[key] || key;
},
Get the HTML-escaped value of an attribute.
escape: function(attr) {
return _.escape(this.get(attr));
},
Returns true
if the attribute contains a value that is not null
or undefined.
has: function(attr) {
return this.get(attr) != null;
},
Set a hash of model attributes on the object, firing "change"
. This is
the core primitive operation of a model, updating the data and notifying
anyone who needs to know about the change in state. The heart of the beast.
set: function(key, val, options) {
var attr, attrs, unset, changes, silent, changing, prev, current;
if (key == null) return this;
Handle both "key", value
and {key: value}
-style arguments.
if (typeof key === 'object') {
attrs = key;
options = val;
} else {
(attrs = {})[key] = val;
}
options || (options = {});
Applies defaults on blank values
if (!options || !options.forceBlank) {
var defaults = _.result(this, 'defaults');
attrs = _.reduce(attrs, function(mem, val, key) {
mem[key] = (_.isBlank(val)) ? defaults[key] || val : val;
return mem;
}, attrs);
}
Run validation.
if (!this._validate(attrs, options)) return false;
Extract attributes and options.
unset = options.unset;
silent = options.silent;
changes = [];
changing = this._changing;
this._changing = true;
if (!changing) {
this._previousAttributes = _.clone(this.attributes);
this.changed = {};
}
current = this.attributes, prev = this._previousAttributes;
Check for changes of id
.
if (this.idAttribute in attrs) this.id = attrs[this.idAttribute];
For each set
attribute, update or delete the current value.
for (attr in attrs) {
removes event bindings with child model or collection
if (unset) this._unbindAttr(attr, current[attr]);
If we currently have a model or collection instance and the data is no such instance, keep the current reference. Otherwise, replace reference with the new one
if (!_.isBlank(attrs[attr])
&& (current[attr] instanceof Model && !(current[attr] instanceof Reference) && !(attrs[attr] instanceof Model)
|| current[attr] instanceof Collection && !(attrs[attr] instanceof Collection))) {
unset ? delete current[attr] : current[attr].set(attrs[attr], options);
}
else {
val = this._prepareAttribute(attrs[attr], attr, options);
if (!_.isEqual(current[attr], val)) changes.push(attr);
if (!_.isEqual(prev[attr], val)) {
this.changed[attr] = val;
} else {
delete this.changed[attr];
}
unset ? delete current[attr] : this._bindAttr(attr, current[attr] = val);
}
}
Trigger all relevant attribute changes.
if (!silent) {
if (changes.length) this._pending = options;
for (var i = 0, length = changes.length; i < length; i++) {
this.trigger('change:' + changes[i], this, current[changes[i]], options);
}
}
You might be wondering why there’s a while
loop here. Changes can
be recursively nested within "change"
events.
if (changing) return this;
if (!silent) {
while (this._pending) {
options = this._pending;
this._pending = false;
this.trigger('change', this, options);
}
}
this._pending = false;
this._changing = false;
return this;
},
Remove an attribute from the model, firing "change"
. unset
is a noop
if the attribute doesn’t exist.
unset: function(attr, options) {
return this.set(attr, void 0, _.extend({}, options, {unset: true}));
},
Clear all attributes on the model, firing "change"
.
clear: function(options) {
var attrs = {};
for (var key in this.attributes) attrs[key] = void 0;
return this.set(attrs, _.extend({}, options, {unset: true}));
},
Determine if the model has changed since the last "change"
event.
If you specify an attribute name, determine if that attribute has changed.
hasChanged: function(attr) {
if (attr == null) return !_.isEmpty(this.changed);
return _.has(this.changed, attr);
},
Return an object containing all the attributes that have changed, or false if there are no changed attributes. Useful for determining what parts of a view need to be updated and/or what attributes need to be persisted to the server. Unset attributes will be set to undefined. You can also pass an attributes object to diff against the model, determining if there would be a change.
changedAttributes: function(diff) {
if (!diff) return this.hasChanged() ? _.clone(this.changed) : false;
var val, changed = false;
var old = this._changing ? this._previousAttributes : this.attributes;
for (var attr in diff) {
if (_.isEqual(old[attr], (val = diff[attr]))) continue;
(changed || (changed = {}))[attr] = val;
}
return changed;
},
Get the previous value of an attribute, recorded at the time the last
"change"
event was fired.
previous: function(attr) {
if (attr == null || !this._previousAttributes) return null;
return this._previousAttributes[attr];
},
Get all of the attributes of the model at the time of the previous
"change"
event.
previousAttributes: function() {
return _.clone(this._previousAttributes);
},
Fetch the model from the server. If the server’s representation of the
model differs from its current attributes, they will be overridden,
triggering a "change"
event.
fetch: function(options) {
options = options ? _.clone(options) : {};
if (options.parse === void 0) options.parse = true;
var model = this;
var success = options.success;
options.success = function(resp) {
if (!model.set(model.parse(resp, options), options)) return false;
if (success) success(model, resp, options);
model.trigger('sync', model, resp, options);
};
wrapError(this, options);
return this.sync('read', this, options);
},
Set a hash of model attributes, and sync the model to the server.
If the server returns an attributes hash that differs, the model’s
state will be set
again.
save: function(key, val, options) {
var attrs, method, xhr, attributes = this.attributes;
Handle both "key", value
and {key: value}
-style arguments.
if (key == null || typeof key === 'object') {
attrs = key;
options = val;
} else {
(attrs = {})[key] = val;
}
options = _.extend({validate: true}, options);
If we’re not waiting and attributes exist, save acts as
set(attr).save(null, opts)
with validation. Otherwise, check if
the model will be valid when the attributes, if any, are set.
if (attrs && !options.wait) {
if (!this.set(attrs, options)) return false;
} else {
if (!this._validate(attrs, options)) return false;
}
Set temporary attributes if {wait: true}
.
if (attrs && options.wait) {
this.attributes = _.extend({}, attributes, attrs);
}
After a successful server-side save, the client is (optionally) updated with the server-side state.
if (options.parse === void 0) options.parse = true;
var model = this;
var success = options.success;
options.success = function(resp) {
Ensure attributes are restored during synchronous saves.
model.attributes = attributes;
var serverAttrs = model.parse(resp, options);
if (options.wait) serverAttrs = _.extend(attrs || {}, serverAttrs);
if (_.isObject(serverAttrs) && !model.set(serverAttrs, options)) {
return false;
}
if (success) success(model, resp, options);
model.trigger('sync', model, resp, options);
};
wrapError(this, options);
method = this.isNew() ? 'create' : (options.patch ? 'patch' : 'update');
if (method === 'patch' && !options.attrs) options.attrs = attrs;
xhr = this.sync(method, this, options);
Restore attributes.
if (attrs && options.wait) this.attributes = attributes;
return xhr;
},
Destroy this model on the server if it was already persisted.
Optimistically removes the model from its collection, if it has one.
If wait: true
is passed, waits for the server to respond before removal.
destroy: function(options) {
options = options ? _.clone(options) : {};
var model = this;
var success = options.success;
var destroy = function() {
model.stopListening();
model.trigger('destroy', model, model.collection, options);
};
options.success = function(resp) {
if (options.wait || model.isNew()) destroy();
if (success) success(model, resp, options);
if (!model.isNew()) model.trigger('sync', model, resp, options);
};
if (this.isNew()) {
options.success();
return false;
}
wrapError(this, options);
var xhr = this.sync('delete', this, options);
if (!options.wait) destroy();
return xhr;
},
Default URL for the model’s representation on the server — if you’re using Backbone’s restful methods, override this to change the endpoint that will be called.
url: function() {
var base =
_.result(this, 'urlRoot') ||
_.result(this.collection, 'url') ||
urlError();
if (this.isNew()) return base;
return base.replace(/([^\/])$/, '$1/') + encodeURIComponent(this.id);
},
parse converts a response into the hash of attributes to be set
on
the model. The default implementation is just to pass the response along.
parse: function(resp, options) {
return resp;
},
Create a new model with identical attributes to this one.
clone: function() {
var c = new this.constructor(this.attributes);
c.validationError = this.validationError;
return c;
},
A model is new if it has never been saved to the server, and lacks an id.
isNew: function() {
return !this.has(this.idAttribute);
},
Check if the model is currently in a valid state.
isValid: function(options) {
return this._validate({}, _.extend(options || {}, { validate: true }));
},
Validates every attribute with it’s validators
validate: function(attrs) {
var that = this;
function validate(acc, validator, attr, attrName) {
validator = that._getValidator(validator);
var err = validator.call(that, attr, attrName, attrs);
if (err != null) {
add error
if (_.isUndefined(acc[attrName]))
acc[attrName] = [];
acc[attrName].push(err);
}
}
var errors = _.reduce(this.validators, function(acc, validator, attrName) {
var attr = attrs[attrName];
if (_.isArray(validator)) {
_.each(validator, function(v){
validate(acc, v, attr, attrName)
});
} else {
validate(acc, validator, attr, attrName);
}
return acc;
}, {});
return _.isEmpty(errors) ? undefined : errors;
},
getErrors: function(key) {
return (this.validationError && this.validationError[key]) || [];
},
Call dispose on any model you don’t want to use anymore to make sure it can be garbage collected. This will recursively call dispose on all child models
dispose: function() {
this.off();
_.each(this.attributes, function(attr) {
if (_.isFunction(attr.dispose)) {
attr.dispose();
}
});
},
_unbindAttr: function(name, attr) {
if (attr instanceof Model || attr instanceof Collection) {
attr.off('all', this._handlers[name], this);
delete this._handlers[name];
}
},
_bindAttr: function(name, attr) {
var handler;
if (attr instanceof Model) {
handler = function(event, model, options) {
if (event === 'change') {
this.trigger('change:'+name, this, attr, options);
this.trigger('change', this, options);
} else if (event === 'destroy') {
this.unset(name);
}
};
} else if (attr instanceof Collection) {
handler = function(event, obj, options){
switch (event) {
case 'reset':
case 'sort':
case 'change':
options = obj;
case 'add':
case 'remove':
case 'destroy':
this.trigger('change:'+name, this, attr, options);
this.trigger('change', this, options);
}
}
} else {
return;
}
attr.on('all', handler, this);
},
Run validation against the next complete set of model attributes,
returning true
if all is well. Otherwise, fire an "invalid"
event.
_validate: function(attrs, options) {
if (!options.validate || !this.validate) return true;
attrs = _.extend({}, this.attributes, attrs);
var error = this.validationError = this.validate(attrs, options) || null;
if (!error) return true;
this.trigger('invalid', this, error, _.extend(options, {validationError: error}));
return false;
},
_getValidator: function(validator) {
if (_.isFunction(validator)) return validator;
else if (_.has(this, validator)) return this[validator];
else throw new Error('Invalid validator : '+validator);
},
Processes syntaxic sugar for inline collections and models
_processSchema: function() {
var schema = this.schema;
_.each(schema, function(SchemaType, key) {
if (_.isArray(SchemaType)) { // Defines a collection `[model]`
schema[key] = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: SchemaType[0]
});
} else if (_.isObject(SchemaType) && !_.isFunction(SchemaType)) {
schema[key] = Backbone.Model.extend({
schema: SchemaType
});
}
});
},
Applies constructors to an attribute if needed and specified in the schema
_prepareAttribute: function(attr, name, options) {
var SchemaType = this.schema[name];
if (_.isUndefined(SchemaType)) {
If schema property is not defined, warns in the console but returns the attribute for backward compatibility with backbone
Backbone.compatMode || console.warn('Model "'+this.name+'" does not have schema property "'+name+'"');
return attr;
}
preserve blank-type values and attributes that are already instances of the right type
else if (_.isBlank(attr) || (attr instanceof SchemaType)) {
return attr;
} else {
attr = attr.valueOf();
new instance
if (SchemaType.prototype instanceof Model || SchemaType.prototype instanceof Collection) {
return new SchemaType(attr, options);
} else {
return new SchemaType(attr);
}
}
}
});
Underscore methods that we want to implement on the Model.
var modelMethods = ['keys', 'values', 'pairs', 'invert', 'pick', 'omit', 'chain', 'isEmpty'];
Mix in each Underscore method as a proxy to Model#attributes
.
_.each(modelMethods, function(method) {
if (!_[method]) return;
Model.prototype[method] = function() {
var args = slice.call(arguments);
args.unshift(this.attributes);
return _[method].apply(_, args);
};
});
Built in validators provide most commonly used validation rules
Backbone.validators = {
Checks that an attribute is defined using _.isBlank
required: function(attr, attrName) {
if (_.isBlank(attr)) {
return this.getLabel(attrName) + ' cannot be blank.';
}
},
Check for the length of a string
pass one or a combination of the following properties in opts
{
max: maxLength,
min: minLength,
eq: exactLength
}
length: function(opts) {
return function(attr, attrName) {
if (!_.isUndefined(attr)) {
if (_.has(opts, 'min') && attr.length < opts.min) {
return this.getLabel(attrName) + ' must be more than ' + opts.min + ' character long.';
}
if (_.has(opts, 'max') && attr.length > opts.max) {
return this.getLabel(attrName) + ' must be less than ' + opts.max + ' character long.';
}
if (_.has(opts, 'eq') && attr.length !== opts.eq) {
return this.getLabel(attrName) + ' must be exactly ' + opts.eq + ' character long.';
}
}
};
},
TODO: number and integer validators (and many more !)
};
If models tend to represent a single row of data, a Backbone Collection is
more analogous to a table full of data … or a small slice or page of that
table, or a collection of rows that belong together for a particular reason
— all of the messages in this particular folder, all of the documents
belonging to this particular author, and so on. Collections maintain
indexes of their models, both in order, and for lookup by id
.
Create a new Collection, perhaps to contain a specific type of model
.
If a comparator
is specified, the Collection will maintain
its models in sort order, as they’re added and removed.
var Collection = Backbone.Collection = function(models, options) {
options || (options = {});
if (options.model) this.model = options.model;
if (!_.isFunction(this.model)) { // Turns inline model definition in model instance
this.model = Model.extend({
schema: this.model
});
}
if (models instanceof Collection) models = models.models;
if (options.comparator !== void 0) this.comparator = options.comparator;
this.Reference = Reference.create(this);
this._reset();
this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
if (models) this.reset(models, _.extend({silent: true}, options));
};
Default options for Collection#set
.
var setOptions = {add: true, remove: true, merge: true};
var addOptions = {add: true, remove: false};
Define the Collection’s inheritable methods.
_.extend(Collection.prototype, Events, {
The default model for a collection is just a Backbone.Model. This should be overridden in most cases.
model: Model,
Initialize is an empty function by default. Override it with your own initialization logic.
initialize: function(){},
The JSON representation of a Collection is an array of the models’ attributes.
toJSON: function(options) {
return this.map(function(model){ return model.toJSON(options); });
},
Proxy Backbone.sync
by default.
sync: function() {
return Backbone.sync.apply(this, arguments);
},
Add a model, or list of models to the set.
add: function(models, options) {
return this.set(models, _.extend({merge: false}, options, addOptions));
},
Remove a model, or a list of models from the set.
remove: function(models, options) {
var singular = !_.isArray(models);
models = singular ? [models] : _.clone(models);
options || (options = {});
for (var i = 0, length = models.length; i < length; i++) {
var model = models[i] = this.get(models[i]);
if (!model) continue;
var id = this.modelId(model.attributes);
if (id != null) delete this._byId[id];
delete this._byId[model.cid];
var index = this.indexOf(model);
this.models.splice(index, 1);
this.length--;
if (!options.silent) {
options.index = index;
model.trigger('remove', model, this, options);
}
this.Reference.updateReferences(model.id);
this._removeReference(model, options);
}
return singular ? models[0] : models;
},
Update a collection by set
-ing a new list of models, adding new ones,
removing models that are no longer present, and merging models that
already exist in the collection, as necessary. Similar to Model#set,
the core operation for updating the data contained by the collection.
set: function(models, options) {
options = _.defaults({}, options, setOptions);
if (options.parse) models = this.parse(models, options);
var singular = !_.isArray(models);
models = singular ? (models ? [models] : []) : models.slice();
var id, model, attrs, existing, sort;
var at = options.at;
var sortable = this.comparator && (at == null) && options.sort !== false;
var sortAttr = _.isString(this.comparator) ? this.comparator : null;
var toAdd = [], toRemove = [], modelMap = {};
var add = options.add, merge = options.merge, remove = options.remove;
var order = !sortable && add && remove ? [] : false;
Turn bare objects into model references, and prevent invalid models from being added.
for (var i = 0, length = models.length; i < length; i++) {
attrs = models[i];
If a duplicate is found, prevent it from being added and optionally merge it into the existing model.
if (existing = this.get(attrs)) {
if (remove) modelMap[existing.cid] = true;
if (merge && attrs !== existing) {
attrs = this._isModel(attrs) ? attrs.attributes : attrs;
if (options.parse) attrs = existing.parse(attrs, options);
existing.set(attrs, options);
if (sortable && !sort && existing.hasChanged(sortAttr)) sort = true;
}
models[i] = existing;
If this is a new, valid model, push it to the toAdd
list.
} else if (add) {
model = models[i] = this._prepareModel(attrs, options);
if (!model) continue;
toAdd.push(model);
this._addReference(model, options);
}
Do not add multiple models with the same id
.
model = existing || model;
if (!model) continue;
id = this.modelId(model.attributes);
if (order && (model.isNew() || !modelMap[id])) order.push(model);
modelMap[id] = true;
}
Remove nonexistent models if appropriate.
if (remove) {
for (var i = 0, length = this.length; i < length; i++) {
if (!modelMap[(model = this.models[i]).cid]) toRemove.push(model);
}
if (toRemove.length) this.remove(toRemove, options);
}
See if sorting is needed, update length
and splice in new models.
if (toAdd.length || (order && order.length)) {
if (sortable) sort = true;
this.length += toAdd.length;
if (at != null) {
for (var i = 0, length = toAdd.length; i < length; i++) {
this.models.splice(at + i, 0, toAdd[i]);
}
} else {
if (order) this.models.length = 0;
var orderedModels = order || toAdd;
for (var i = 0, length = orderedModels.length; i < length; i++) {
this.models.push(orderedModels[i]);
}
}
}
Silently sort the collection if appropriate.
if (sort) this.sort({silent: true});
Unless silenced, it’s time to fire all appropriate add/sort events.
if (!options.silent) {
var addOpts = at != null ? _.clone(options) : options;
for (var i = 0, length = toAdd.length; i < length; i++) {
if (at != null) addOpts.index = at + i;
(model = toAdd[i]).trigger('add', model, this, addOpts);
}
if (sort || (order && order.length)) this.trigger('sort', this, options);
}
Triggers change event on concerned references
for (var i = 0, length = toAdd.length ; i < length ; i++) {
this.Reference.updateReferences(toAdd[i].id, options);
}
Return the added (or merged) model (or models).
return singular ? models[0] : models;
},
When you have more items than you want to add or remove individually,
you can reset the entire set with a new list of models, without firing
any granular add
or remove
events. Fires reset
when finished.
Useful for bulk operations and optimizations.
reset: function(models, options) {
options || (options = {});
for (var i = 0, length = this.models.length; i < length; i++) {
this._removeReference(this.models[i], options);
}
options.previousModels = this.models;
this._reset();
models = this.add(models, _.extend({silent: true}, options));
if (!options.silent) this.trigger('reset', this, options);
Triggers change event on all references
this.Reference.updateAllReferences(options);
return models;
},
Add a model to the end of the collection.
push: function(model, options) {
return this.add(model, _.extend({at: this.length}, options));
},
Remove a model from the end of the collection.
pop: function(options) {
var model = this.at(this.length - 1);
this.remove(model, options);
return model;
},
Add a model to the beginning of the collection.
unshift: function(model, options) {
return this.add(model, _.extend({at: 0}, options));
},
Remove a model from the beginning of the collection.
shift: function(options) {
var model = this.at(0);
this.remove(model, options);
return model;
},
Slice out a sub-array of models from the collection.
slice: function() {
return slice.apply(this.models, arguments);
},
Get a model from the set by id.
get: function(obj) {
if (obj == null) return void 0;
var id = this.modelId(this._isModel(obj) ? obj.attributes : obj);
return this._byId[obj] || this._byId[id] || this._byId[obj.cid];
},
Get the model at the given index.
at: function(index) {
if (index < 0) index += this.length;
return this.models[index];
},
Return models with matching attributes. Useful for simple cases of
filter
.
where: function(attrs, first) {
if (_.isEmpty(attrs)) return first ? void 0 : [];
return this[first ? 'find' : 'filter'](function(model) {
for (var key in attrs) {
if (attrs[key] !== model.get(key)) return false;
}
return true;
});
},
Return the first model with matching attributes. Useful for simple cases
of find
.
findWhere: function(attrs) {
return this.where(attrs, true);
},
Force the collection to re-sort itself. You don’t need to call this under normal circumstances, as the set will maintain sort order as each item is added.
sort: function(options) {
if (!this.comparator) throw new Error('Cannot sort a set without a comparator');
options || (options = {});
Run sort based on type of comparator
.
if (_.isString(this.comparator) || this.comparator.length === 1) {
this.models = this.sortBy(this.comparator, this);
} else {
this.models.sort(_.bind(this.comparator, this));
}
if (!options.silent) this.trigger('sort', this, options);
return this;
},
Pluck an attribute from each model in the collection.
pluck: function(attr) {
return _.invoke(this.models, 'get', attr);
},
Fetch the default set of models for this collection, resetting the
collection when they arrive. If reset: true
is passed, the response
data will be passed through the reset
method instead of set
.
fetch: function(options) {
options = options ? _.clone(options) : {};
if (options.parse === void 0) options.parse = true;
var success = options.success;
var collection = this;
options.success = function(resp) {
var method = options.reset ? 'reset' : 'set';
collection[method](resp, options);
if (success) success(collection, resp, options);
collection.trigger('sync', collection, resp, options);
};
wrapError(this, options);
return this.sync('read', this, options);
},
Create a new instance of a model in this collection. Add the model to the
collection immediately, unless wait: true
is passed, in which case we
wait for the server to agree.
create: function(model, options) {
options = options ? _.clone(options) : {};
if (!(model = this._prepareModel(model, options))) return false;
if (!options.wait) this.add(model, options);
var collection = this;
var success = options.success;
options.success = function(model, resp) {
if (options.wait) collection.add(model, options);
if (success) success(model, resp, options);
};
model.save(null, options);
return model;
},
parse converts a response into a list of models to be added to the collection. The default implementation is just to pass it through.
parse: function(resp, options) {
return resp;
},
Create a new collection with an identical list of models as this one.
clone: function() {
return new this.constructor(this.models, {
model: this.model,
comparator: this.comparator
});
},
Define how to uniquely identify models in the collection.
modelId: function (attrs) {
return attrs[this.model.prototype.idAttribute || 'id'];
},
Frees all events on the collection and all models in the collection for garbage collection
dispose: function() {
this.off();
this.each(function(m) {
m.dispose();
});
},
Private method to reset all internal state. Called when the collection is first initialized or reset.
_reset: function() {
this.length = 0;
this.models = [];
this._byId = {};
},
Prepare a hash of attributes (or other model) to be added to this collection.
_prepareModel: function(attrs, options) {
Return the given model only if it is a Model instance and we do not expect to wrap it in a reference
if (this._isReference(attrs) || (this._isModel(attrs)
&& !this._isReference(new this.model(attrs.attributes, options)))) {
if (!attrs.collection) attrs.collection = this;
return attrs;
}
options = options ? _.clone(options) : {};
options.collection = this;
var model = new this.model(attrs, options);
if (!model.validationError) return model;
this.trigger('invalid', this, model.validationError, options);
return false;
},
Method for checking whether an object should be considered a model for the purposes of adding to the collection.
_isModel: function (model) {
return model instanceof Model;
},
_isReference: function(ref) {
return ref instanceof Reference;
},
Internal method to create a model’s ties to a collection.
_addReference: function(model, options) {
this._byId[model.cid] = model;
var id = this.modelId(model.attributes);
if (id != null) this._byId[id] = model;
model.on('all', this._onModelEvent, this);
},
Internal method to sever a model’s ties to a collection.
_removeReference: function(model, options) {
if (this === model.collection) delete model.collection;
model.off('all', this._onModelEvent, this);
},
Internal method called every time a model in the set fires an event. Sets need to update their indexes when models change ids. All other events simply proxy through. “add” and “remove” events that originate in other collections are ignored.
_onModelEvent: function(event, model, collection, options) {
if ((event === 'add' || event === 'remove') && collection !== this) return;
if (event === 'destroy') this.remove(model, options);
if (event === 'change') {
var prevId = this.modelId(model.previousAttributes());
var id = this.modelId(model.attributes);
if (prevId !== id) {
if (prevId != null) delete this._byId[prevId];
if (id != null) this._byId[id] = model;
}
}
this.trigger.apply(this, arguments);
}
});
Underscore methods that we want to implement on the Collection. 90% of the core usefulness of Backbone Collections is actually implemented right here:
var methods = ['forEach', 'each', 'map', 'collect', 'reduce', 'foldl',
'inject', 'reduceRight', 'foldr', 'find', 'detect', 'filter', 'select',
'reject', 'every', 'all', 'some', 'any', 'include', 'contains', 'invoke',
'max', 'min', 'toArray', 'size', 'first', 'head', 'take', 'initial', 'rest',
'tail', 'drop', 'last', 'without', 'difference', 'indexOf', 'shuffle',
'lastIndexOf', 'isEmpty', 'chain', 'sample', 'partition'];
Mix in each Underscore method as a proxy to Collection#models
.
_.each(methods, function(method) {
if (!_[method]) return;
Collection.prototype[method] = function() {
var args = slice.call(arguments);
args.unshift(this.models);
return _[method].apply(_, args);
};
});
Underscore methods that take a property name as an argument.
var attributeMethods = ['groupBy', 'countBy', 'sortBy', 'indexBy'];
Use attributes instead of properties.
_.each(attributeMethods, function(method) {
if (!_[method]) return;
Collection.prototype[method] = function(value, context) {
var iterator = _.isFunction(value) ? value : function(model) {
return model.get(value);
};
return _[method](this.models, iterator, context);
};
});
Backbone Views are almost more convention than they are actual code. A View is simply a JavaScript object that represents a logical chunk of UI in the DOM. This might be a single item, an entire list, a sidebar or panel, or even the surrounding frame which wraps your whole app. Defining a chunk of UI as a View allows you to define your DOM events declaratively, without having to worry about render order … and makes it easy for the view to react to specific changes in the state of your models.
Creating a Backbone.View creates its initial element outside of the DOM, if an existing element is not provided…
var View = Backbone.View = function(options) {
this.cid = _.uniqueId('view');
options || (options = {});
_.extend(this, _.pick(options, viewOptions));
this._ensureElement();
this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
};
Cached regex to split keys for delegate
.
var delegateEventSplitter = /^(\S+)\s*(.*)$/;
List of view options to be merged as properties.
var viewOptions = ['model', 'collection', 'el', 'id', 'attributes', 'className', 'tagName', 'events'];
Set up all inheritable Backbone.View properties and methods.
_.extend(View.prototype, Events, {
The default tagName
of a View’s element is "div"
.
tagName: 'div',
jQuery delegate for element lookup, scoped to DOM elements within the current view. This should be preferred to global lookups where possible.
$: function(selector) {
return this.$el.find(selector);
},
Initialize is an empty function by default. Override it with your own initialization logic.
initialize: function(){},
render is the core function that your view should override, in order
to populate its element (this.el
), with the appropriate HTML. The
convention is for render to always return this
.
render: function() {
return this;
},
Remove this view by taking the element out of the DOM, and removing any applicable Backbone.Events listeners.
remove: function() {
this._removeElement();
this.stopListening();
return this;
},
Remove this view’s element from the document and all event listeners attached to it. Exposed for subclasses using an alternative DOM manipulation API.
_removeElement: function() {
this.$el.remove();
},
Change the view’s element (this.el
property) and re-delegate the
view’s events on the new element.
setElement: function(element) {
this.undelegateEvents();
this._setElement(element);
this.delegateEvents();
return this;
},
Creates the this.el
and this.$el
references for this view using the
given el
. el
can be a CSS selector or an HTML string, a jQuery
context or an element. Subclasses can override this to utilize an
alternative DOM manipulation API and are only required to set the
this.el
property.
_setElement: function(el) {
this.$el = el instanceof Backbone.$ ? el : Backbone.$(el);
this.el = this.$el[0];
},
Set callbacks, where this.events
is a hash of
{“event selector”: “callback”}
{
'mousedown .title': 'edit',
'click .button': 'save',
'click .open': function(e) { ... }
}
pairs. Callbacks will be bound to the view, with this
set properly.
Uses event delegation for efficiency.
Omitting the selector binds the event to this.el
.
delegateEvents: function(events) {
if (!(events || (events = _.result(this, 'events')))) return this;
this.undelegateEvents();
for (var key in events) {
var method = events[key];
if (!_.isFunction(method)) method = this[events[key]];
if (!method) continue;
var match = key.match(delegateEventSplitter);
this.delegate(match[1], match[2], _.bind(method, this));
}
return this;
},
Add a single event listener to the view’s element (or a child element
using selector
). This only works for delegate-able events: not focus
,
blur
, and not change
, submit
, and reset
in Internet Explorer.
delegate: function(eventName, selector, listener) {
this.$el.on(eventName + '.delegateEvents' + this.cid, selector, listener);
},
Clears all callbacks previously bound to the view by delegateEvents
.
You usually don’t need to use this, but may wish to if you have multiple
Backbone views attached to the same DOM element.
undelegateEvents: function() {
if (this.$el) this.$el.off('.delegateEvents' + this.cid);
return this;
},
A finer-grained undelegateEvents
for removing a single delegated event.
selector
and listener
are both optional.
undelegate: function(eventName, selector, listener) {
this.$el.off(eventName + '.delegateEvents' + this.cid, selector, listener);
},
Produces a DOM element to be assigned to your view. Exposed for subclasses using an alternative DOM manipulation API.
_createElement: function(tagName) {
return document.createElement(tagName);
},
Ensure that the View has a DOM element to render into.
If this.el
is a string, pass it through $()
, take the first
matching element, and re-assign it to el
. Otherwise, create
an element from the id
, className
and tagName
properties.
_ensureElement: function() {
if (!this.el) {
var attrs = _.extend({}, _.result(this, 'attributes'));
if (this.id) attrs.id = _.result(this, 'id');
if (this.className) attrs['class'] = _.result(this, 'className');
this.setElement(this._createElement(_.result(this, 'tagName')));
this._setAttributes(attrs);
} else {
this.setElement(_.result(this, 'el'));
}
},
Set attributes from a hash on this view’s element. Exposed for subclasses using an alternative DOM manipulation API.
_setAttributes: function(attributes) {
this.$el.attr(attributes);
}
});
Override this function to change the manner in which Backbone persists
models to the server. You will be passed the type of request, and the
model in question. By default, makes a RESTful Ajax request
to the model’s url()
. Some possible customizations could be:
setTimeout
to batch rapid-fire updates into a single request.Turn on Backbone.emulateHTTP
in order to send PUT
and DELETE
requests
as POST
, with a _method
parameter containing the true HTTP method,
as well as all requests with the body as application/x-www-form-urlencoded
instead of application/json
with the model in a param named model
.
Useful when interfacing with server-side languages like PHP that make
it difficult to read the body of PUT
requests.
Backbone.sync = function(method, model, options) {
var type = methodMap[method];
Default options, unless specified.
_.defaults(options || (options = {}), {
emulateHTTP: Backbone.emulateHTTP,
emulateJSON: Backbone.emulateJSON
});
Default JSON-request options.
var params = {type: type, dataType: 'json'};
Ensure that we have a URL.
if (!options.url) {
params.url = _.result(model, 'url') || urlError();
}
Ensure that we have the appropriate request data.
if (options.data == null && model && (method === 'create' || method === 'update' || method === 'patch')) {
params.contentType = 'application/json';
params.data = JSON.stringify(options.attrs || model.toJSON(options));
}
For older servers, emulate JSON by encoding the request into an HTML-form.
if (options.emulateJSON) {
params.contentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
params.data = params.data ? {model: params.data} : {};
}
For older servers, emulate HTTP by mimicking the HTTP method with _method
And an X-HTTP-Method-Override
header.
if (options.emulateHTTP && (type === 'PUT' || type === 'DELETE' || type === 'PATCH')) {
params.type = 'POST';
if (options.emulateJSON) params.data._method = type;
var beforeSend = options.beforeSend;
options.beforeSend = function(xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader('X-HTTP-Method-Override', type);
if (beforeSend) return beforeSend.apply(this, arguments);
};
}
Don’t process data on a non-GET request.
if (params.type !== 'GET' && !options.emulateJSON) {
params.processData = false;
}
Pass along textStatus
and errorThrown
from jQuery.
var error = options.error;
options.error = function(xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
options.textStatus = textStatus;
options.errorThrown = errorThrown;
if (error) error.apply(this, arguments);
};
Make the request, allowing the user to override any Ajax options.
var xhr = options.xhr = Backbone.ajax(_.extend(params, options));
model.trigger('request', model, xhr, options);
return xhr;
};
Map from CRUD to HTTP for our default Backbone.sync
implementation.
var methodMap = {
'create': 'POST',
'update': 'PUT',
'patch': 'PATCH',
'delete': 'DELETE',
'read': 'GET'
};
Set the default implementation of Backbone.ajax
to proxy through to $
.
Override this if you’d like to use a different library.
Backbone.ajax = function() {
return Backbone.$.ajax.apply(Backbone.$, arguments);
};
Routers map faux-URLs to actions, and fire events when routes are
matched. Creating a new one sets its routes
hash, if not set statically.
var Router = Backbone.Router = function(options) {
options || (options = {});
if (options.routes) this.routes = options.routes;
this._bindRoutes();
this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
};
Cached regular expressions for matching named param parts and splatted parts of route strings.
var optionalParam = /\((.*?)\)/g;
var namedParam = /(\(\?)?:\w+/g;
var splatParam = /\*\w+/g;
var escapeRegExp = /[\-{}\[\]+?.,\\\^$|#\s]/g;
Set up all inheritable Backbone.Router properties and methods.
_.extend(Router.prototype, Events, {
Initialize is an empty function by default. Override it with your own initialization logic.
initialize: function(){},
Manually bind a single named route to a callback. For example:
this.route('search/:query/p:num', 'search', function(query, num) {
...
});
route: function(route, name, callback) {
if (!_.isRegExp(route)) route = this._routeToRegExp(route);
if (_.isFunction(name)) {
callback = name;
name = '';
}
if (!callback) callback = this[name];
var router = this;
Backbone.history.route(route, function(fragment) {
var args = router._extractParameters(route, fragment);
if (router.execute(callback, args, name) !== false) {
router.trigger.apply(router, ['route:' + name].concat(args));
router.trigger('route', name, args);
Backbone.history.trigger('route', router, name, args);
}
});
return this;
},
Execute a route handler with the provided parameters. This is an excellent place to do pre-route setup or post-route cleanup.
execute: function(callback, args, name) {
if (callback) callback.apply(this, args);
},
Simple proxy to Backbone.history
to save a fragment into the history.
navigate: function(fragment, options) {
Backbone.history.navigate(fragment, options);
return this;
},
Bind all defined routes to Backbone.history
. We have to reverse the
order of the routes here to support behavior where the most general
routes can be defined at the bottom of the route map.
_bindRoutes: function() {
if (!this.routes) return;
this.routes = _.result(this, 'routes');
var route, routes = _.keys(this.routes);
while ((route = routes.pop()) != null) {
this.route(route, this.routes[route]);
}
},
Convert a route string into a regular expression, suitable for matching against the current location hash.
_routeToRegExp: function(route) {
route = route.replace(escapeRegExp, '\\$&')
.replace(optionalParam, '(?:$1)?')
.replace(namedParam, function(match, optional) {
return optional ? match : '([^/?]+)';
})
.replace(splatParam, '([^?]*?)');
return new RegExp('^' + route + '(?:\\?([\\s\\S]*))?$');
},
Given a route, and a URL fragment that it matches, return the array of
extracted decoded parameters. Empty or unmatched parameters will be
treated as null
to normalize cross-browser behavior.
_extractParameters: function(route, fragment) {
var params = route.exec(fragment).slice(1);
return _.map(params, function(param, i) {
Don’t decode the search params.
if (i === params.length - 1) return param || null;
return param ? decodeURIComponent(param) : null;
});
}
});
Handles cross-browser history management, based on either pushState and real URLs, or onhashchange and URL fragments. If the browser supports neither (old IE, natch), falls back to polling.
var History = Backbone.History = function() {
this.handlers = [];
_.bindAll(this, 'checkUrl');
Ensure that History
can be used outside of the browser.
if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
this.location = window.location;
this.history = window.history;
}
};
Cached regex for stripping a leading hash/slash and trailing space.
var routeStripper = /^[#\/]|\s+$/g;
Cached regex for stripping leading and trailing slashes.
var rootStripper = /^\/+|\/+$/g;
Cached regex for stripping urls of hash.
var pathStripper = /#.*$/;
Has the history handling already been started?
History.started = false;
Set up all inheritable Backbone.History properties and methods.
_.extend(History.prototype, Events, {
The default interval to poll for hash changes, if necessary, is twenty times a second.
interval: 50,
Are we at the app root?
atRoot: function() {
var path = this.location.pathname.replace(/[^\/]$/, '$&/');
return path === this.root && !this.getSearch();
},
In IE6, the hash fragment and search params are incorrect if the
fragment contains ?
.
getSearch: function() {
var match = this.location.href.replace(/#.*/, '').match(/\?.+/);
return match ? match[0] : '';
},
Gets the true hash value. Cannot use location.hash directly due to bug in Firefox where location.hash will always be decoded.
getHash: function(window) {
var match = (window || this).location.href.match(/#(.*)$/);
return match ? match[1] : '';
},
Get the pathname and search params, without the root.
getPath: function() {
var path = decodeURI(this.location.pathname + this.getSearch());
var root = this.root.slice(0, -1);
if (!path.indexOf(root)) path = path.slice(root.length);
return path.slice(1);
},
Get the cross-browser normalized URL fragment from the path or hash.
getFragment: function(fragment) {
if (fragment == null) {
if (this._hasPushState || !this._wantsHashChange) {
fragment = this.getPath();
} else {
fragment = this.getHash();
}
}
return fragment.replace(routeStripper, '');
},
Start the hash change handling, returning true
if the current URL matches
an existing route, and false
otherwise.
start: function(options) {
if (History.started) throw new Error('Backbone.history has already been started');
History.started = true;
Figure out the initial configuration. Do we need an iframe? Is pushState desired … is it available?
this.options = _.extend({root: '/'}, this.options, options);
this.root = this.options.root;
this._wantsHashChange = this.options.hashChange !== false;
this._hasHashChange = 'onhashchange' in window;
this._wantsPushState = !!this.options.pushState;
this._hasPushState = !!(this.options.pushState && this.history && this.history.pushState);
this.fragment = this.getFragment();
Add a cross-platform addEventListener
shim for older browsers.
var addEventListener = window.addEventListener || function (eventName, listener) {
return attachEvent('on' + eventName, listener);
};
Normalize root to always include a leading and trailing slash.
this.root = ('/' + this.root + '/').replace(rootStripper, '/');
Proxy an iframe to handle location events if the browser doesn’t
support the hashchange
event, HTML5 history, or the user wants
hashChange
but not pushState
.
if (!this._hasHashChange && this._wantsHashChange && (!this._wantsPushState || !this._hasPushState)) {
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.src = 'javascript:0';
iframe.style.display = 'none';
iframe.tabIndex = -1;
var body = document.body;
Using appendChild
will throw on IE < 9 if the document is not ready.
this.iframe = body.insertBefore(iframe, body.firstChild).contentWindow;
this.navigate(this.fragment);
}
Depending on whether we’re using pushState or hashes, and whether ‘onhashchange’ is supported, determine how we check the URL state.
if (this._hasPushState) {
addEventListener('popstate', this.checkUrl, false);
} else if (this._wantsHashChange && this._hasHashChange && !this.iframe) {
addEventListener('hashchange', this.checkUrl, false);
} else if (this._wantsHashChange) {
this._checkUrlInterval = setInterval(this.checkUrl, this.interval);
}
Transition from hashChange to pushState or vice versa if both are requested.
if (this._wantsHashChange && this._wantsPushState) {
If we’ve started off with a route from a pushState
-enabled
browser, but we’re currently in a browser that doesn’t support it…
if (!this._hasPushState && !this.atRoot()) {
this.location.replace(this.root + '#' + this.getPath());
Return immediately as browser will do redirect to new url
return true;
Or if we’ve started out with a hash-based route, but we’re currently
in a browser where it could be pushState
-based instead…
} else if (this._hasPushState && this.atRoot()) {
this.navigate(this.getHash(), {replace: true});
}
}
if (!this.options.silent) return this.loadUrl();
},
Disable Backbone.history, perhaps temporarily. Not useful in a real app, but possibly useful for unit testing Routers.
stop: function() {
Add a cross-platform removeEventListener
shim for older browsers.
var removeEventListener = window.removeEventListener || function (eventName, listener) {
return detachEvent('on' + eventName, listener);
};
Remove window listeners.
if (this._hasPushState) {
removeEventListener('popstate', this.checkUrl, false);
} else if (this._wantsHashChange && this._hasHashChange && !this.iframe) {
removeEventListener('hashchange', this.checkUrl, false);
}
Clean up the iframe if necessary.
if (this.iframe) {
document.body.removeChild(this.iframe.frameElement);
this.iframe = null;
}
Some environments will throw when clearing an undefined interval.
if (this._checkUrlInterval) clearInterval(this._checkUrlInterval);
History.started = false;
},
Add a route to be tested when the fragment changes. Routes added later may override previous routes.
route: function(route, callback) {
this.handlers.unshift({route: route, callback: callback});
},
Checks the current URL to see if it has changed, and if it has,
calls loadUrl
, normalizing across the hidden iframe.
checkUrl: function(e) {
var current = this.getFragment();
if (current === this.fragment && this.iframe) {
current = this.getHash(this.iframe);
}
if (current === this.fragment) return false;
if (this.iframe) this.navigate(current);
this.loadUrl();
},
Attempt to load the current URL fragment. If a route succeeds with a
match, returns true
. If no defined routes matches the fragment,
returns false
.
loadUrl: function(fragment) {
fragment = this.fragment = this.getFragment(fragment);
return _.any(this.handlers, function(handler) {
if (handler.route.test(fragment)) {
handler.callback(fragment);
return true;
}
});
},
Save a fragment into the hash history, or replace the URL state if the ‘replace’ option is passed. You are responsible for properly URL-encoding the fragment in advance.
The options object can contain trigger: true
if you wish to have the
route callback be fired (not usually desirable), or replace: true
, if
you wish to modify the current URL without adding an entry to the history.
navigate: function(fragment, options) {
if (!History.started) return false;
if (!options || options === true) options = {trigger: !!options};
var url = this.root + (fragment = this.getFragment(fragment || ''));
Strip the hash and decode for matching.
fragment = decodeURI(fragment.replace(pathStripper, ''));
if (this.fragment === fragment) return;
this.fragment = fragment;
Don’t include a trailing slash on the root.
if (fragment === '' && url !== '/') url = url.slice(0, -1);
If pushState is available, we use it to set the fragment as a real URL.
if (this._hasPushState) {
this.history[options.replace ? 'replaceState' : 'pushState']({}, document.title, url);
If hash changes haven’t been explicitly disabled, update the hash fragment to store history.
} else if (this._wantsHashChange) {
this._updateHash(this.location, fragment, options.replace);
if (this.iframe && (fragment !== this.getHash(this.iframe))) {
Opening and closing the iframe tricks IE7 and earlier to push a history entry on hash-tag change. When replace is true, we don’t want this.
if(!options.replace) this.iframe.document.open().close();
this._updateHash(this.iframe.location, fragment, options.replace);
}
If you’ve told us that you explicitly don’t want fallback hashchange-
based history, then navigate
becomes a page refresh.
} else {
return this.location.assign(url);
}
if (options.trigger) return this.loadUrl(fragment);
},
Update the hash location, either replacing the current entry, or adding a new one to the browser history.
_updateHash: function(location, fragment, replace) {
if (replace) {
var href = location.href.replace(/(javascript:|#).*$/, '');
location.replace(href + '#' + fragment);
} else {
Some browsers require that hash
contains a leading #.
location.hash = '#' + fragment;
}
}
});
Create the default Backbone.history.
Backbone.history = new History;
Helper function to correctly set up the prototype chain, for subclasses.
Similar to goog.inherits
, but uses a hash of prototype properties and
class properties to be extended.
plus: all hash properties are also extended, not replaced
var extend = function(protoProps, staticProps) {
var parent = this;
var child;
The constructor function for the new subclass is either defined by you
(the “constructor” property in your extend
definition), or defaulted
by us to simply call the parent’s constructor.
if (protoProps && _.has(protoProps, 'constructor')) {
child = protoProps.constructor;
} else {
child = function(){ return parent.apply(this, arguments); };
}
var proto = this.prototype;
_.each(protoProps, function(prop, key) {
if (_.isObject(prop) && !_.isFunction(prop) && !_.isArray(prop)) {
_.defaults(prop, proto[key]);
}
});
Add static properties to the constructor function, if supplied.
_.extend(child, parent, staticProps);
Set the prototype chain to inherit from parent
, without calling
parent
‘s constructor function.
var Surrogate = function(){ this.constructor = child; };
Surrogate.prototype = parent.prototype;
child.prototype = new Surrogate;
Add prototype properties (instance properties) to the subclass, if supplied.
if (protoProps) {
extends prototype hash properties
_.each(protoProps, function(prop, key) {
if (_.isObject(prop) && !_.isFunction(prop) && !_.isArray(prop)) {
_.defaults(prop, parent.prototype[key]);
}
});
_.extend(child.prototype, protoProps);
}
Set a convenience property in case the parent’s prototype is needed later.
child.__super__ = parent.prototype;
return child;
};
Set up inheritance for the model, collection, router, view and history.
Model.extend = Collection.extend = Router.extend = View.extend = History.extend = extend;
Throw an error when a URL is needed, and none is supplied.
var urlError = function() {
throw new Error('A "url" property or function must be specified');
};
Wrap an optional error callback with a fallback error event.
var wrapError = function(model, options) {
var error = options.error;
options.error = function(resp) {
if (error) error(model, resp, options);
model.trigger('error', model, resp, options);
};
};
This class allows for loosely coupled references to member of some collection. A reference can refer to a model that’s not yet loaded locally and it will trigger a change event as soon as the model is loaded. You can also easily swap the model instance in the collection and your reference will continue reflecting the state of the model actually in the collection. References are an experimental feature and must be used with caution as they have limitations and their behaviour can be surprising if you don’t understand precisely how they work.
var Reference = Backbone.Reference = Model.extend({}, {
Called by a reference on instanciation, registers it so that it can receive
change
events when the collection updates the referenced model
_addReference: function(ref) {
if (this._references[ref.id] == null) {
this._references[ref.id] = [];
}
this._references[ref.id].push(ref);
},
Called by a reference on dispose
to remove it from the list. This is why
getting rid of a reference without calling .dispose()
leads to a memory leak
_removeReference: function(ref) {
var reg = this._references[ref.id];
if (!reg) { return; }
reg.splice(reg.indexOf(ref), 1);
if (reg.length === 0) {
delete this._references[ref.id];
}
},
Triggers appropriate change events on all references watching the model
with id id
. Options is passed along with the event.
updateReferences: function(id, options) {
var refs = this._references[id];
if (refs == null) return;
for (var i = 0, length = refs.length ; i < length ; i++) {
refs[i].trigger('change', refs[i], options)
._updateModelEventsProxy();
}
},
Calls updateReferences on all registered references. Should only be used when there’s no efficient way to know which models have been updated in the collection.
updateAllReferences: function(options) {
_.each(this._references, function(refs, id) {
this.updateReferences(id, options);
});
},
Factory method for creating new reference bound to a specific collection.
Note that calling new Reference()
is pointless as a reference without collection
doesn’t mean anything. One must always use new collectionInstance.Reference()
(which is created through this create method)
create: function(collection) {
if (!_.isFunction(collection.model)) return;
var model = collection.model.prototype;
var proto = {};
This loops takes each model prototype method and proxies it such that it applies this method on the referenced model. eg. when you call ref.myMethod(), you actually call ref.$().myMethod()
function proxyProtoProp(fn, name) {
if (_.isFunction(model[name])) {
proto[name] = function() {
var $ = this.$();
return $ && fn.apply($, arguments);
};
} else {
proto[name] = model[name];
}
}
for(var name in model) {
proxyProtoProp(model[name], name);
}
Reference prototype properties are defined here so they override all pointed model properties
return Reference.extend(_.extend({}, proto, Events, {
constructor: function(id, options) {
options || (options = {});
if (_.isObject(id))
id = id[this.idAttribute];
this.attributes = {};
this.cid = _.uniqueId('c');
this.id = id;
this.attributes[this.idAttribute] = id;
this._updateModelEventsProxy();
collection.Reference._addReference(this);
},
By default a reference returns only it’s id for json-ing
toJSON: function() {
return this.id;
},
dispose: function() {
this.off();
collection.Reference._removeReference(this);
this._model.off('all', this.trigger, this);
},
Reference has it’s own Event prototype which acts as a proxy for model
events. All model events proxy through the reference but additionnal
‘change’ events are fired directly on the reference instance when the
collection changed the model at id this.id
.
_updateModelEventsProxy: function() {
if (this._model) {
this._model.off('all', this.trigger, this);
}
this._model = this.$();
if (this._model) {
this._model.on('all', this.trigger, this);
}
},
Dereference operator. returns the referenced model instance or null if it is not loaded in the collection If cb is not null, it is called iff the referenced model is available. cb is passed the model as first argument and it’s return value is returned.
$: function(cb) {
var $ = collection.get(this.id);
if ($) {
return (cb && cb($)) || $;
}
return null;
},
lookup operator. Tries to load the referenced model and executes cb on success. note that it returns the xhr used for fetching which may be usefull to add an error callback.
$$: function(cb, options) {
var mod = collection.add({id: this.id});
return mod.fetch(_.extend({
success: cb,
}, options));
}
}),
constructor properties
{
each Reference constructor (created with Reference.create
) keeps track of
it’s currently active instances such that it can dispatch appropriate
change events when the collection updates
_references: {}
});
}
});
return Backbone;
}));