removing Backbone.Model#isEqual

backbone.js

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
     return child;
   };
 
+  // Get a url as a property or as a function.
+  var getUrl = function(object) {
+    return _.isFunction(object.url) ? object.url() : object.url;
+  };
+
   // Backbone.Events
   // -----------------
 
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@
     // using Backbone's restful methods, override this to change the endpoint
     // that will be called.
     url : function() {
-      var base = this.collection.url();
+      var base = getUrl(this.collection);
       if (this.isNew()) return base;
       return base + '/' + this.id;
     },
@@ -152,11 +157,6 @@
       return new (this.constructor)(this.attributes());
     },
 
-    // Are this model's attributes identical to another model?
-    isEqual : function(other) {
-      return other && _.isEqual(this._attributes, other._attributes);
-    },
-
     // A model is new if it has never been saved to the server, and has a negative
     // ID.
     isNew : function() {
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
   //
   Backbone.sync = function(type, model, success, error) {
     $.ajax({
-      url       : model.url(),
+      url       : getUrl(model),
       type      : type,
       data      : {model : model},
       dataType  : 'json',

index.html

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
       <li>– <a href="#Collection-getIds">getIds</a></li>
       <li>– <a href="#Collection-at">at</a></li>
       <li>– <a href="#Collection-sort">sort</a></li>
+      <li>– <a href="#Model-url">url</a></li>
       <li>– <a href="#Collection-refresh">refresh</a></li>
       <li>– <a href="#Collection-fetch">fetch</a></li>
       <li>– <a href="#Collection-create">create</a></li>
@@ -510,8 +511,26 @@ one.set({
 });
 </pre>
 
-
-
+    <p id="Model-url">
+      <b class="header">url</b><code>model.url()</code>
+      <br />
+      Returns the relative URL where the model's resource would be located on
+      the server. If your models are located somewhere else, override this method
+      with the correct logic. Generates URLs of the form: <tt>"/[collection]/[id]"</tt>.
+    </p>  
+    
+    <p>
+      A model with an id of <tt>101</tt>, stored in a 
+      <tt>Bindable.Collection</tt> with a <tt>url</tt> of <tt>"/notes"</tt>, 
+      would have this URL: <tt>"/notes/101"</tt>
+    </p>
+    
+    <p id="Model-clone">
+      <b class="header">clone</b><code>model.clone()</code>
+      <br />
+      Create a new instance of a model with identical attributes.
+    </p>
+    
 
 
 

test/model.js

@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     equals(b.get('foo'), 1, "Changing a parent attribute does not change the clone.");
   });
 
-  test("model: isEqual", function() {
-    attrs = { 'foo': 1, 'bar': 2, 'baz': 3};
-    a = new Backbone.Model(attrs);
-    b = new Backbone.Model(attrs);
-    ok(a.isEqual(b), "a should equal b");
-    c = new Backbone.Model({ 'foo': 1, 'bar': 2, 'baz': 3, 'qux': 4});
-    ok(!a.isEqual(c), "a should not equal c");
-  });
-
   test("model: isNew", function() {
     attrs = { 'foo': 1, 'bar': 2, 'baz': 3};
     a = new Backbone.Model(attrs);