[#128,misc][s]: final wiring up to have everything working again -- fixes #128.

app/index.html

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             <select name="backend_type">
               <option value="csv">CSV</option>
               <option vlaue="excel">Excel</option>
-              <option value="gdoc">Google Spreadsheet</option>
+              <option value="gdocs">Google Spreadsheet</option>
               <option value="elasticsearch">ElasticSearch</option>
             </select>
           </div>

src/backend/base.js

@@ -6,15 +6,10 @@
 this.recline = this.recline || {};
 this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
 
-(function($, my) {
 // ## recline.Backend.Base
 //
-  // Base class for backends providing a template and convenience functions.
-  // You do not have to inherit from this class but even when not it does
-  // provide guidance on the functions you must implement.
-  //
-  // Note also that while this (and other Backends) are implemented as Backbone models this is just a convenience.
-  my.Base = Backbone.Model.extend({
+// Exemplar 'class' for backends showing what a base class would look like.
+this.recline.Backend.Base = function() {
   // ### __type__
   //
   // 'type' of this backend. This should be either the class path for this
@@ -23,14 +18,13 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
   //
   // This value is used as an identifier for this backend when initializing
   // backends (see recline.Model.Dataset.initialize).
-    __type__: 'base',
-
+  this.__type__ = 'base';
 
   // ### readonly
   //
   // Class level attribute indicating that this backend is read-only (that
   // is, cannot be written to).
-    readonly: true,
+  this.readonly = true;
 
   // ### sync
   //
@@ -45,7 +39,7 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
   // For backends supporting write operations you must implement update and delete support for Document objects.
   //
   // All code paths should return an object conforming to the jquery promise API.
-    sync: function(method, model, options) {
+  this.sync = function(method, model, options) {
   },
   
   // ### query
@@ -89,71 +83,8 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
   //   }
   // }
   // </pre>
-    query: function(model, queryObj) {
-    },
-
-    // ### _makeRequest
-    // 
-    // Just $.ajax but in any headers in the 'headers' attribute of this
-    // Backend instance. Example:
-    //
-    // <pre>
-    // var jqxhr = this._makeRequest({
-    //   url: the-url
-    // });
-    // </pre>
-    _makeRequest: function(data) {
-      var headers = this.get('headers');
-      var extras = {};
-      if (headers) {
-        extras = {
-          beforeSend: function(req) {
-            _.each(headers, function(value, key) {
-              req.setRequestHeader(key, value);
-            });
-          }
+  this.query = function(model, queryObj) {}
 };
-      }
-      var data = _.extend(extras, data);
-      return $.ajax(data);
-    },
-
-    // convenience method to convert simple set of documents / rows to a QueryResult
-    _docsToQueryResult: function(rows) {
-      var hits = _.map(rows, function(row) {
-        return { _source: row };
-      });
-      return {
-        total: null,
-        hits: hits
-      };
-    },
-
-    // ## _wrapInTimeout
-    // 
-    // Convenience method providing a crude way to catch backend errors on JSONP calls.
-    // Many of backends use JSONP and so will not get error messages and this is
-    // a crude way to catch those errors.
-    _wrapInTimeout: function(ourFunction) {
-      var dfd = $.Deferred();
-      var timeout = 5000;
-      var timer = setTimeout(function() {
-        dfd.reject({
-          message: 'Request Error: Backend did not respond after ' + (timeout / 1000) + ' seconds'
-        });
-      }, timeout);
-      ourFunction.done(function(arguments) {
-          clearTimeout(timer);
-          dfd.resolve(arguments);
-        })
-        .fail(function(arguments) {
-          clearTimeout(timer);
-          dfd.reject(arguments);
-        })
-        ;
-      return dfd.promise();
-    }
-  });
 
 // ### makeRequest
 // 
@@ -165,7 +96,7 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
 //   url: the-url
 // });
 // </pre>
-  my.makeRequest = function(data, headers) {
+this.recline.Backend.makeRequest = function(data, headers) {
   var extras = {};
   if (headers) {
     extras = {
@@ -180,6 +111,3 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
   return $.ajax(data);
 };
 
-
-}(jQuery, this.recline.Backend));
-

src/model.js

@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ my.Dataset = Backbone.Model.extend({
   initialize: function(model, backend) {
     _.bindAll(this, 'query');
     this.backend = backend;
-    this.backendType = 'memory';
-    this.backendURL = null;
     if (typeof(backend) === 'string') {
       this.backend = this._backendFromString(backend);
     }
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ my.Dataset = Backbone.Model.extend({
     if (recline && recline.Backend) {
       _.each(_.keys(recline.Backend), function(name) {
         if (name.toLowerCase() === backendString.toLowerCase()) {
-          backend = new recline.Backend[name]();
+          backend = new recline.Backend[name].Backbone();
         }
       });
     }