gistfile1.js

  views : {
    GoalListView : {
        type      : NS.GoalListView,
        requires  : [ 'Person', 'CategoryList', 'GoalList', 'NoteList' ],
        preserve  : true
    }
  },

  showGoalView : function(req, res, next) {
    this.handleView('GoalListView', req, res, next);
  }

    /**

    Setup all required models that are not loaded yet, and load them.
    Once complete, show the requested view.

    @method handleView
    @param view {String} Name of the view to show
    @param req {Request} The request
    @param next {Function} The function to execute after showing the view

    **/
    handleView: function(view, req, next, cb) {
      var viewObj  = this.views[view],
          requires = viewObj.requires,
          views    = viewObj.views,
          config   = Y.merge( ( viewObj.config || {} ), req.viewConfig ),
          self     = this,
          stack    = new Y.Parallel();

      if ( !cb ) { cb = function() { }; }

      if ( !config ) {
        config = req.viewConfig = {};
      }

      if ( Y.Lang.isArray( requires ) ) {
        Y.Array.each( requires, function(requirement) {
          if ( ! self.models[ requirement ] ) {
            if ( ! NS[requirement] ) {
              throw "Invalid model `" + requirement + "` asked for. Check requirements for the view " + view;
            }
            var mc  = ( req.modelConfig || {} ),
                cfg = ( mc[requirement] || {} ),
                m   = self.models[requirement] = new NS[requirement](cfg);

            // The config to call in showView should have this added in
            if ( ! config[ requirement ] ) {
              config[ requirement ] = m;
            }

            // Don't emit any events, since we want to setup.
            m.load({ silent : true }, stack.add() );
          } else {
            config[requirement] = self.models[requirement];
          }
        });
      } else {
        // Just a noop, expand this if we want to do something without
        // requires.
        //stack.add( function() { Y.log('briiiiiing'); return 1; } );
      }

      Y.log('handleView complete, waiting for events to end.', 'debug', this.name);
      stack.done( function() {
        Y.log('stack.done complete, showing view: ' + view , 'debug', this.name);
        Y.Array.each( views, function(subView) {
          config[subView] = self.getViewInfo(subView);
        });

        self.showView(view, config, cb);
        next();
      });

      return viewObj;
    }