CAUTION errors param will be modified

The add method is used primarily for arrays.

appends rules to the model

Stolen from backbone and completely overridden. Look in method for change

Override to return the name of the model (i.e. for a patient, it would be their last name, comma, space, and then first name). By default, this returns attribute name, id, then cid.

If the model has a disabledAttribute, this method will automatically re-enable by setting the property to 0

Get the current value of an attribute from the model Overwritten to create collections and sub models only when needed.

Gets the attribute property for a specified attribute.

Like get, but this uses the displayMethod.

returns the displayMethod for a given attribute

Gets the name of an attribute. This can be set by an attribute's attributeProp name. An attribute property can have a getName function to define how to name nested portions NOTE: The containing object of a property should decide the properties name. i.e. if a model has a "period" attribute prop, that should be named in the model, not the period attributeProps returns the attribute if not set.

Id this is a nested model inside of a collection or another model, this will provide the extended id to grab it from the root model.

Gets the tip for an attribute. This can be set by an attribute's attributeProp tip. returns the attribute if not set.

Gets the attribute type (i.e. string, collection, date), the default type is string

Tells whether or not an individual has disabled status.

Tells whether or not an individual has incomplete status. Override this method if you want to use it in a model.

Tells whether or not an item was not done. Primarily for medical events (i.e. procedures, care plans, prescriptions)

A convenience function for returning boolean values instead of objects

this does something....

Replaces all rules for an individual key in a model

The restore method rewinds back to the last created store point.

The set method does everything outlined in Backbone.js library. It has been overridden to handle building inferred attributes that are outlined in the child class. Sometimes you may want another attribute to update another set in a model. In this case, you may override the set method. If you do, be sure to call super on set so that these processes are handled.

set rules to the model for an attribute

The store method sets a store point for the model in a stack. Use restore to rewind the model to previous store points. FIFO

Call a subaction of a model. (i.e. if you have a document that has a copy action) The url should follow the pattern of resource/:id/:action (documents/2/copy)

var PatientModel = awa.mvc.Model.extend({ urlRoot: awa.url.BAREBONES + 'V1/patients', idAttribute: 'pat_id' });

var model = new PatientModel({pat_id: 75});

//the following will make a GET request to //[barebones_root]V1/patients/75/sync

model.subAction({ type: 'GET', action: 'sync', success: function(){

}
                    

});

Overridden from Backbone.Model.fetch to handle not so restful backend.

Uses the displayRules/Methods that are set in either the displayRules property or the attributeProps to generate a javascript object (w/o getters and setters) that represents the model's data in a displayable format.

Overwritten to provide more control on the resulting json output

stolen from backbone and altered to not throw exception in case of no urlRoot

The validate method does everything outlined in Backbone.js library. It has been overridden to handle the rules set in the attributeProps and the rules property. In some cases, you may want to do extensive validating on attributes that dont fit the model rules functions (i.e. making sure a date of birth is not in the future). Be sure to call the super version of validate to handle the other rules. !!!PLEASE NOTE!!! This method will evaluate all rules if you don't pass in attributes but if you do, then it only validates the ones you pass in. Keep this in mind when overriding this method. passing in a small set of attributes will cause all of the unset variables to be ignored.