backbone-view-exts.coffee

_.extend Backbone.View::
  tagName: "div"
  
  initialize: (@model = new Backbone.Model, @el = @build_element()) -> @delegateEvents()

  # :api:private
  klass_string: (parts=[]) ->
    if @constructor is Backbone.View
      parts.push "BackboneView"
      ".#{parts.join '.'}"
    else
      parts.push @constructor.name
      @constructor.__super__.klass_string parts
    
  element_string: () ->
    base = "#{@tagName}.#{@klass_string()}"
    if @model and @model.cid
      base += "##{@model.cid}"
    if @model and @model.constructor
      base += ".#{@model.constructor.name}"
    base
 
  build_element: () ->
    $.satisfy @element_string()