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Backbone DML

This BackBone Plugin add the few Data Manipulation Language concept in BackBone model.

Imagine the following JSON object is Model data

{
  'firstname': 'Venkatraman',
  'lastname': 'Ramamoorthy',
  'phone': {
    'mobile': '+91-9902773692',
    'landline': '+91-3404353453',
    'office': '+91-4402773345'
  },
  'addressBook': [{
    'street': '7a, Munnusamy Nagar',
    'area': 'Kolathur',
    'city': 'Chennai',
    'state': 'Tamilnadu',
    'type': 'last'
  },
  {
    'street': '36, Manika Vinayagar Koil street',
    'area': 'Permabur',
    'city': 'Chennai',
    'state': 'Tamilnadu',
    'type': 'permanent'
  },
  {
    'street': '10/1, Venkatapura 11th Main road',
    'area': 'Koramangala',
    'city': 'Bangalore',
    'state': 'Karnataka',
    'type': 'last'
  },
  {
    'street': '100/34, Third C Cross Road',
    'area': 'Koramangala',
    'city': 'Bangalore',
    'state': 'Karnataka',
    'type': 'current'
  }]
}

this.model.select('firstname, lastname');

Object {
  firstname: "Venkatraman",
  lastname: "Ramamoorthy"
}

this.model.select('firstname as fname, lastname as lname');

Object {
  fname: "Venkatraman",
  lname: "Ramamoorthy"
}

this.model.select('firstname as name, addressBook[1] as permanentAddress');

Object {
  name: "Venkatraman", 
  permanentAddress: {
    area: "Permabur",
    city: "Chennai",
    state: "Tamilnadu",
    street: "36, Manika Vinayagar Koil street",
    type: "permanent"
  }
}

this.model.select('addressBook[type=last] as lastAddress');

Object {
  lastAddress: [
    {
      area: "Kolathur",
      city: "Chennai",
      state: "Tamilnadu",
      street: "7a, Munnusamy Nagar",
      type: "last"
    },
    {
      area: "Koramangala",
      city: "Bangalore",
      state: "Karnataka",
      street: "10/1, Venkatapura 11th Main road",
      type: "last"
    }
  ]
}

this.model.select('addressBook[type=last && city=Bangalore] as lastBangaloreAddress');

Object {
  lastBangaloreAddress: {
    area: "Koramangala",
    city: "Bangalore",
    state: "Karnataka",
    street: "10/1, Venkatapura 11th Main road",
    type: "last"
  }
}