I have a model which links to two sub-models like so:
var SubModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {
headline: null,
image_url: null,
url: null
}
});
var MainModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {
subModelA: null,
subModelB: null,
title: null
},
urlRoot: function() {
if (this.isNew()) {
return '/mainmodel/new';
}
return '/mainmodel';
},
initialize: function() {
this.fetch();
},
parse: function(data) {
var response = {};
response.subModelA = new SubModel(data.subModelA);
response.subModelB = new SubModel(data.subModelB);
response.title = data.title;
return response;
}
});
The issue I'm currently having is that calling var mainModelInstance = new MainModel()
does correctly fetch from /mainmodel/new
but mainModelInstance.attributes
is always a blank object {}
.
var mainModelInstance = new MainModel();
mainModelInstance.attributes; // Returns {}
Here is a sample of the server's response to /mainmodel/new
:
{
"title": "Politics",
"subModelA": {
"headline": "Investigators: Iran tried to smuggle suicide belts, missiles by boat into Yemen",
"url": "http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/09/yemen-minister-says-weapons-came-from-iran/",
"image_url": "http://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/54c7d52e1a384db489ab9ea568afddb0-e1360455589316.jpg"
},
"subModelB": {
"headline": "Review: Who needs Windows RT? Acer's Iconia W510 runs the real thing",
"url": "http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/02/review-who-needs-windows-rt-acers-iconia-w510-runs-the-real-thing/",
"image_url": "http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/w510-main-640x388.jpg"
}
}
It seems as though the model's attributes are not being updated via parse
. Why aren't the model's attributes being updated?