Backbone.dryRun (Trigger route without effecting Backbone history)

backbone.dryrun.js

/**
 * Licensed under the MIT License
 *
 * DryRun is a Backbone.js addon that allows you to trigger route handler by suppling a url segment.
 * without effecting Backbone history. (For those rare occations.)
 *
 * Usage:
 * var fragment = window.location.pathname.substr(1, window.location.pathname.length);
 * Backbone.dryRun(fragment);
**/

/*global _, Backbone */

;(function(Backbone) {

	var dryRun = function(fragment)
	{
		var matched = _.any(Backbone.history.handlers, function(handler) {
			if (handler.route.test(fragment)) {
				handler.callback(fragment);
				return true;
			}
		});
		return matched;
	};

	Backbone.dryRun = dryRun;

})(Backbone);