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require([
// Application.
"app",
// Main Router.
"router"
],
function(app, Router) {
// Define your master router on the application namespace and trigger all
// navigation from this instance.
app.router = new Router();
// Trigger the initial route and enable HTML5 History API support, set the
// root folder to '/' by default. Change in app.js.
Backbone.history.start({ pushState: true, root: app.root });
// All navigation that is relative should be passed through the navigate
// method, to be processed by the router. If the link has a `data-bypass`
// attribute, bypass the delegation completely.
$(document).on("click", "a[href]:not([data-bypass])", function(evt) {
// Get the absolute anchor href.
var href = { prop: $(this).prop("href"), path_name: $(this).prop("pathname"), attr: $(this).attr("href") };
// Get the absolute root.
var root = location.protocol + "//" + location.host + app.root;
// Ensure the root is part of the anchor href, meaning it's relative.
if (href.prop.slice(0, root.length) === root) {
// Stop the default event to ensure the link will not cause a page
// refresh.
evt.preventDefault();
// `Backbone.history.navigate` is sufficient for all Routers and will
// trigger the correct events. The Router's internal `navigate` method
// calls this anyways. The fragment is sliced from the root.
Backbone.history.navigate(href.path_name, true);
}
});
});
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