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data/lib/rack/push-notification/assets/javascripts/vendor/backbone.paginator.js

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+/*! backbone.paginator - v0.1.54 - 8/18/2012
+* http://github.com/addyosmani/backbone.paginator
+* Copyright (c) 2012 Addy Osmani; Licensed MIT */
+
+Backbone.Paginator = (function ( Backbone, _, $ ) {
+	"use strict";
+
+	var Paginator = {};
+	Paginator.version = "0.15";
+
+	// @name: clientPager
+	//
+	// @tagline: Paginator for client-side data
+	//
+	// @description:
+	// This paginator is responsible for providing pagination
+	// and sort capabilities for a single payload of data
+	// we wish to paginate by the UI for easier browsering.
+	//
+	Paginator.clientPager = Backbone.Collection.extend({
+	
+		// Default values used when sorting and/or filtering.
+		initialize: function(){
+			this.useDiacriticsPlugin = true; // use diacritics plugin if available
+			this.useLevenshteinPlugin = true; // use levenshtein plugin if available
+		
+			this.sortColumn = "";
+			this.sortDirection = "desc";
+			this.lastSortColumn = "";
+
+			this.fieldFilterRules = [];
+			this.lastFieldFilterRules = [];
+
+			this.filterFields = "";
+			this.filterExpression = "";
+			this.lastFilterExpression = "";
+		},
+
+		sync: function ( method, model, options ) {
+
+			var self = this;
+
+			// Create default values if no others are specified
+			_.defaults(self.paginator_ui, {
+				firstPage: 0,
+				currentPage: 1,
+				perPage: 5,
+				totalPages: 10
+			});
+			
+			// Change scope of 'paginator_ui' object values
+			_.each(self.paginator_ui, function(value, key) {
+				if( _.isUndefined(self[key]) ) {
+					self[key] = self.paginator_ui[key];
+				}
+			});
+		
+			// Some values could be functions, let's make sure
+			// to change their scope too and run them
+			var queryAttributes = {};
+			_.each(self.server_api, function(value, key){
+				if( _.isFunction(value) ) {
+					value = _.bind(value, self);
+					value = value();
+				}
+				queryAttributes[key] = value;
+			});
+			
+			var queryOptions = _.clone(self.paginator_core);
+			_.each(queryOptions, function(value, key){
+				if( _.isFunction(value) ) {
+					value = _.bind(value, self);
+					value = value();
+				}
+				queryOptions[key] = value;
+			});
+			
+			// Create default values if no others are specified
+			queryOptions = _.defaults(queryOptions, {
+				timeout: 25000,
+				cache: false,
+				type: 'GET',
+				dataType: 'jsonp'
+			});
+
+			queryOptions = _.extend(queryOptions, {
+				jsonpCallback: 'callback',
+				data: decodeURIComponent($.param(queryAttributes)),
+				processData: false,
+				url: _.result(queryOptions, 'url')
+			}, options);
+			
+			return $.ajax( queryOptions );
+
+		},
+
+		nextPage: function () {
+			this.currentPage = ++this.currentPage;
+			this.pager();
+		},
+
+		previousPage: function () {
+			this.currentPage = --this.currentPage || 1;
+			this.pager();
+		},
+
+		goTo: function ( page ) {
+			if(page !== undefined){
+				this.currentPage = parseInt(page, 10);
+				this.pager();
+			}
+		},
+
+		howManyPer: function ( perPage ) {
+			if(perPage !== undefined){
+				var lastPerPage = this.perPage;
+				this.perPage = parseInt(perPage, 10);
+				this.currentPage = Math.ceil( ( lastPerPage * ( this.currentPage - 1 ) + 1 ) / perPage);
+				this.pager();
+			}
+		},
+
+
+		// setSort is used to sort the current model. After
+		// passing 'column', which is the model's field you want
+		// to filter and 'direction', which is the direction
+		// desired for the ordering ('asc' or 'desc'), pager()
+		// and info() will be called automatically.
+		setSort: function ( column, direction ) {
+			if(column !== undefined && direction !== undefined){
+				this.lastSortColumn = this.sortColumn;
+				this.sortColumn = column;
+				this.sortDirection = direction;
+				this.pager();
+				this.info();
+			}
+		},
+
+		// setFieldFilter is used to filter each value of each model
+		// according to `rules` that you pass as argument.
+		// Example: You have a collection of books with 'release year' and 'author'.
+		// You can filter only the books that were released between 1999 and 2003
+		// And then you can add another `rule` that will filter those books only to
+		// authors who's name start with 'A'.
+		setFieldFilter: function ( fieldFilterRules ) {
+			if( !_.isEmpty( fieldFilterRules ) ) {
+				this.lastFieldFilterRules = this.fieldFilterRules;
+				this.fieldFilterRules = fieldFilterRules;
+				this.pager();
+				this.info();
+			}
+		},
+
+		// doFakeFieldFilter can be used to get the number of models that will remain
+		// after calling setFieldFilter with a filter rule(s)
+		doFakeFieldFilter: function ( fieldFilterRules ) {
+			if( !_.isEmpty( fieldFilterRules ) ) {
+				var bkp_lastFieldFilterRules = this.lastFieldFilterRules;
+				var bkp_fieldFilterRules = this.fieldFilterRules;
+
+				this.lastFieldFilterRules = this.fieldFilterRules;
+				this.fieldFilterRules = fieldFilterRules;
+				this.pager();
+				this.info();
+
+				var cmodels = this.models.length;
+
+				this.lastFieldFilterRules = bkp_lastFieldFilterRules;
+				this.fieldFilterRules = bkp_fieldFilterRules;
+				this.pager();
+				this.info();
+
+				// Return size
+				return cmodels;
+			}
+		},
+    
+		// setFilter is used to filter the current model. After
+		// passing 'fields', which can be a string referring to
+		// the model's field, an array of strings representing
+		// each of the model's fields or an object with the name
+		// of the model's field(s) and comparing options (see docs)
+		// you wish to filter by and
+		// 'filter', which is the word or words you wish to 
+		// filter by, pager() and info() will be called automatically.
+		setFilter: function ( fields, filter ) {
+			if( fields !== undefined && filter !== undefined ){
+				this.filterFields = fields;
+				this.lastFilterExpression = this.filterExpression;
+				this.filterExpression = filter;
+				this.pager();
+				this.info();
+			}
+		},
+
+		// doFakeFilter can be used to get the number of models that will
+		// remain after calling setFilter with a `fields` and `filter` args. 
+		doFakeFilter: function ( fields, filter ) {
+			if( fields !== undefined && filter !== undefined ){
+				var bkp_filterFields = this.filterFields;
+				var bkp_lastFilterExpression = this.lastFilterExpression;
+				var bkp_filterExpression = this.filterExpression;
+
+				this.filterFields = fields;
+				this.lastFilterExpression = this.filterExpression;
+				this.filterExpression = filter;
+				this.pager();
+				this.info();
+
+				var cmodels = this.models.length;
+
+				this.filterFields = bkp_filterFields;
+				this.lastFilterExpression = bkp_lastFilterExpression;
+				this.filterExpression = bkp_filterExpression;
+				this.pager();
+				this.info();
+
+				// Return size
+				return cmodels;
+			}
+		},
+
+		// pager is used to sort, filter and show the data 
+		// you expect the library to display.
+		pager: function () {
+			var self = this,
+				disp = this.perPage,
+				start = (self.currentPage - 1) * disp,
+				stop = start + disp;
+
+			// Saving the original models collection is important
+			// as we could need to sort or filter, and we don't want
+			// to loose the data we fetched from the server.
+			if (self.origModels === undefined) {
+				self.origModels = self.models;
+			}
+
+			self.models = self.origModels;
+
+			// Check if sorting was set using setSort.
+			if ( this.sortColumn !== "" ) {
+				self.models = self._sort(self.models, this.sortColumn, this.sortDirection);
+			}
+
+			// Check if field-filtering was set using setFieldFilter
+			if ( !_.isEmpty( this.fieldFilterRules ) ) {
+				self.models = self._fieldFilter(self.models, this.fieldFilterRules);
+			}
+
+			// Check if filtering was set using setFilter.
+			if ( this.filterExpression !== "" ) {
+				self.models = self._filter(self.models, this.filterFields, this.filterExpression);
+			}
+      
+			// If the sorting or the filtering was changed go to the first page
+			if ( this.lastSortColumn !== this.sortColumn || this.lastFilterExpression !== this.filterExpression || !_.isEqual(this.fieldFilterRules, this.lastFieldFilterRules) ) {
+				start = 0;
+				stop = start + disp;
+				self.currentPage = 1;
+
+				this.lastSortColumn = this.sortColumn;
+				this.lastFieldFilterRules = this.fieldFilterRules;
+				this.lastFilterExpression = this.filterExpression;
+			}
+			
+			// We need to save the sorted and filtered models collection
+			// because we'll use that sorted and filtered collection in info().
+			self.sortedAndFilteredModels = self.models;
+
+			self.reset(self.models.slice(start, stop));
+		},
+
+		// The actual place where the collection is sorted.
+		// Check setSort for arguments explicacion.
+		_sort: function ( models, sort, direction ) {
+			models = models.sort(function (a, b) {
+				var ac = a.get(sort),
+					bc = b.get(sort);
+				
+				if ( !ac || !bc ) {
+					return 0;
+				} else {
+					/* Make sure that both ac and bc are lowercase strings.
+					* .toString() first so we don't have to worry if ac or bc
+					* have other String-only methods.
+					*/
+					ac = ac.toString().toLowerCase();
+					bc = bc.toString().toLowerCase();
+				}
+				
+				if (direction === 'desc') {
+
+					// We need to know if there aren't any non-number characters
+					// and that there are numbers-only characters and maybe a dot
+					// if we have a float.
+					if((!ac.match(/[^\d\.]/) && ac.match(/[\d\.]*/)) && 
+						(!bc.match(/[^\d\.]/) && bc.match(/[\d\.]*/))
+					){
+					
+						if( (ac - 0) < (bc - 0) ) {
+							return 1;
+						}
+						if( (ac - 0) > (bc - 0) ) {
+							return -1;
+						}
+					} else {
+						if (ac < bc) {
+							return 1;
+						}
+						if (ac > bc) {
+							return -1;
+						}
+					}
+					
+				} else {
+
+					//Same as the regexp check in the 'if' part.
+					if((!ac.match(/[^\d\.]/) && ac.match(/[\d\.]*/)) && 
+						(!bc.match(/[^\d\.]/) && bc.match(/[\d\.]*/)) 
+					){
+						if( (ac - 0) < (bc - 0) ) {
+							return -1;
+						}
+						if( (ac - 0) > (bc - 0) ) {
+							return 1;
+						}
+					} else {
+						if (ac < bc) {
+							return -1;
+						}
+						if (ac > bc) {
+							return 1;
+						}
+					}
+
+				}
+
+				return 0;
+			});
+
+			return models;
+		},
+    
+		// The actual place where the collection is field-filtered.
+		// Check setFieldFilter for arguments explicacion.
+		_fieldFilter: function( models, rules ) {
+
+			// Check if there are any rules
+			if ( _.isEmpty(rules) ) {
+				return models;
+			}
+
+			var filteredModels = [];
+
+			// Iterate over each rule
+			_.each(models, function(model){
+
+				var should_push = true;
+			
+				// Apply each rule to each model in the collection
+				_.each(rules, function(rule){
+
+					// Don't go inside the switch if we're already sure that the model won't be included in the results
+					if( !should_push ){
+						return false;
+					}
+
+					should_push = false;
+				
+					// The field's value will be passed to a custom function, which should
+					// return true (if model should be included) or false (model should be ignored)
+					if(rule.type === "function"){
+						var f = _.wrap(rule.value, function(func){
+							return func( model.get(rule.field) );
+						});
+						if( f() ){
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to be non-empty
+					}else if(rule.type === "required"){
+						if( !_.isEmpty( model.get(rule.field).toString() ) ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to be greater tan N (numbers only)
+					}else if(rule.type === "min"){
+						if( !_.isNaN( Number( model.get(rule.field) ) ) &&
+							!_.isNaN( Number( rule.value ) ) &&
+							Number( model.get(rule.field) ) >= Number( rule.value ) ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to be smaller tan N (numbers only)
+					}else if(rule.type === "max"){
+						if( !_.isNaN( Number( model.get(rule.field) ) ) &&
+							!_.isNaN( Number( rule.value ) ) &&
+							Number( model.get(rule.field) ) <= Number( rule.value ) ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to be between N and M (numbers only)
+					}else if(rule.type === "range"){
+						if( !_.isNaN( Number( model.get(rule.field) ) ) &&
+							_.isObject( rule.value ) &&
+							!_.isNaN( Number( rule.value.min ) ) &&
+							!_.isNaN( Number( rule.value.max ) ) &&
+							Number( model.get(rule.field) ) >= Number( rule.value.min ) &&
+							Number( model.get(rule.field) ) <= Number( rule.value.max ) ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to be more than N chars long
+					}else if(rule.type === "minLength"){
+						if( model.get(rule.field).toString().length >= rule.value ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to be no more than N chars long
+					}else if(rule.type === "maxLength"){
+						if( model.get(rule.field).toString().length <= rule.value ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to be more than N chars long and no more than M chars long
+					}else if(rule.type === "rangeLength"){
+						if( _.isObject( rule.value ) &&
+							!_.isNaN( Number( rule.value.min ) ) &&
+							!_.isNaN( Number( rule.value.max ) ) &&
+							model.get(rule.field).toString().length >= rule.value.min &&
+							model.get(rule.field).toString().length <= rule.value.max ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to be equal to one of the values in rules.value
+					}else if(rule.type === "oneOf"){
+						if( _.isArray( rule.value ) &&
+							_.include( rule.value, model.get(rule.field) ) ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to be equal to the value in rules.value
+					}else if(rule.type === "equalTo"){
+						if( rule.value === model.get(rule.field) ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					// The field's value is required to match the regular expression
+					}else if(rule.type === "pattern"){
+						if( model.get(rule.field).toString().match(rule.value) ) {
+							should_push = true;
+						}
+
+					//Unknown type
+					}else{
+						should_push = false;
+					}
+
+				});
+				
+				if( should_push ){
+					filteredModels.push(model);
+				}
+
+			});
+
+			return filteredModels;
+		},
+    
+		// The actual place where the collection is filtered.
+		// Check setFilter for arguments explicacion.
+		_filter: function ( models, fields, filter ) {
+		
+			//  For example, if you had a data model containing cars like { color: '', description: '', hp: '' },
+			//  your fields was set to ['color', 'description', 'hp'] and your filter was set
+			//  to "Black Mustang 300", the word "Black" will match all the cars that have black color, then
+			//  "Mustang" in the description and then the HP in the 'hp' field.
+			//  NOTE: "Black Musta 300" will return the same as "Black Mustang 300"
+
+			// We accept fields to be a string, an array or an object
+			// but if string or array is passed we need to convert it
+			// to an object.
+			
+			var self = this;
+			
+			var obj_fields = {};
+			
+			if( _.isString( fields ) ) {
+				obj_fields[fields] = {cmp_method: 'regexp'};
+			}else if( _.isArray( fields ) ) {
+				_.each(fields, function(field){
+					obj_fields[field] = {cmp_method: 'regexp'};
+				});
+			}else{
+				_.each(fields, function( cmp_opts, field ) {
+					obj_fields[field] = _.defaults(cmp_opts, { cmp_method: 'regexp' });
+				});
+			}
+			
+			fields = obj_fields;
+			
+			//Remove diacritic characters if diacritic plugin is loaded
+			if( _.has(Backbone.Paginator, 'removeDiacritics') && self.useDiacriticsPlugin ){
+				filter = Backbone.Paginator.removeDiacritics(filter);
+			}
+			
+			// 'filter' can be only a string.
+			// If 'filter' is string we need to convert it to 
+			// a regular expression. 
+			// For example, if 'filter' is 'black dog' we need
+			// to find every single word, remove duplicated ones (if any)
+			// and transform the result to '(black|dog)'
+			if( filter === '' || !_.isString(filter) ) {
+				return models;
+			} else {
+				var words = filter.match(/\w+/ig);
+				var pattern = "(" + _.uniq(words).join("|") + ")";
+				var regexp = new RegExp(pattern, "igm");
+			}
+			
+			var filteredModels = [];
+
+			// We need to iterate over each model
+			_.each( models, function( model ) {
+
+				var matchesPerModel = [];
+
+				// and over each field of each model
+				_.each( fields, function( cmp_opts, field ) {
+
+					var value = model.get( field );
+
+					if( value ) {
+					
+						// The regular expression we created earlier let's us detect if a
+						// given string contains each and all of the words in the regular expression
+						// or not, but in both cases match() will return an array containing all 
+						// the words it matched.
+						var matchesPerField = [];
+						
+						if( _.has(Backbone.Paginator, 'removeDiacritics') && self.useDiacriticsPlugin ){
+							value = Backbone.Paginator.removeDiacritics(value.toString());
+						}else{
+							value = value.toString();
+						}
+
+						// Levenshtein cmp
+						if( cmp_opts.cmp_method === 'levenshtein' && _.has(Backbone.Paginator, 'levenshtein') && self.useLevenshteinPlugin ) {
+							var distance = Backbone.Paginator.levenshtein(value, filter);
+
+							_.defaults(cmp_opts, { max_distance: 0 });
+
+							if( distance <= cmp_opts.max_distance ) {
+								matchesPerField = _.uniq(words);
+							}
+
+						// Default (RegExp) cmp
+						}else{
+							matchesPerField = value.match( regexp );
+						}
+
+						matchesPerField = _.map(matchesPerField, function(match) {
+							return match.toString().toLowerCase();
+						});
+
+						_.each(matchesPerField, function(match){
+							matchesPerModel.push(match);
+						});
+
+					}
+
+				});
+
+				// We just need to check if the returned array contains all the words in our
+				// regex, and if it does, it means that we have a match, so we should save it.
+				matchesPerModel = _.uniq( _.without(matchesPerModel, "") );
+
+				if(  _.isEmpty( _.difference(words, matchesPerModel) ) ) {
+					filteredModels.push(model);
+				}
+				
+			});
+
+			return filteredModels;
+		},
+
+		// You shouldn't need to call info() as this method is used to
+		// calculate internal data as first/prev/next/last page...
+		info: function () {
+			var self = this,
+				info = {},
+				totalRecords = (self.sortedAndFilteredModels) ? self.sortedAndFilteredModels.length : self.length,
+				totalPages = Math.ceil(totalRecords / self.perPage);
+
+			info = {
+				totalUnfilteredRecords: self.origModels.length,
+				totalRecords: totalRecords,
+				currentPage: self.currentPage,
+				perPage: this.perPage,
+				totalPages: totalPages,
+				lastPage: totalPages,
+				previous: false,
+				next: false,
+				startRecord: totalRecords === 0 ? 0 : (self.currentPage - 1) * this.perPage + 1,
+				endRecord: Math.min(totalRecords, self.currentPage * this.perPage) 
+			};
+
+			if (self.currentPage > 1) {
+				info.previous = self.currentPage - 1;
+			}
+
+			if (self.currentPage < info.totalPages) {
+				info.next = self.currentPage + 1;
+			}
+
+			info.pageSet = self.setPagination(info);
+
+			self.information = info;			
+			return info;
+		},
+
+
+		// setPagination also is an internal function that shouldn't be called directly.
+		// It will create an array containing the pages right before and right after the
+		// actual page.
+		setPagination: function ( info ) {
+			var pages = [], i = 0, l = 0;
+
+
+			// How many adjacent pages should be shown on each side?
+			var ADJACENT = 3,
+				ADJACENTx2 = ADJACENT * 2,
+				LASTPAGE = Math.ceil(info.totalRecords / info.perPage),
+				LPM1 = -1;
+
+			if (LASTPAGE > 1) {
+				// not enough pages to bother breaking it up
+				if (LASTPAGE < (7 + ADJACENTx2)) {
+					for (i = 1, l = LASTPAGE; i <= l; i++) {
+						pages.push(i);
+					}
+				}
+				// enough pages to hide some
+				else if (LASTPAGE > (5 + ADJACENTx2)) {
+
+					//close to beginning; only hide later pages
+					if (info.currentPage < (1 + ADJACENTx2)) {
+						for (i = 1, l = 4 + ADJACENTx2; i < l; i++) {
+							pages.push(i);
+						}
+					}
+
+					// in middle; hide some front and some back
+					else if (LASTPAGE - ADJACENTx2 > info.currentPage && info.currentPage > ADJACENTx2) {
+						for (i = info.currentPage - ADJACENT; i <= info.currentPage + ADJACENT; i++) {
+							pages.push(i);
+						}
+					}
+					// close to end; only hide early pages
+					else {
+						for (i = LASTPAGE - (2 + ADJACENTx2); i <= LASTPAGE; i++) {
+							pages.push(i);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			return pages;
+		}
+
+	});
+
+
+	// @name: requestPager
+	//
+	// Paginator for server-side data being requested from a backend/API
+	//
+	// @description:
+	// This paginator is responsible for providing pagination
+	// and sort capabilities for requests to a server-side
+	// data service (e.g an API)
+	//
+	Paginator.requestPager = Backbone.Collection.extend({
+
+		sync: function ( method, model, options ) {
+
+			var self = this;
+			
+			// Create default values if no others are specified
+			_.defaults(self.paginator_ui, {
+				firstPage: 0,
+				currentPage: 1,
+				perPage: 5,
+				totalPages: 10
+			});
+			
+			// Change scope of 'paginator_ui' object values
+			_.each(self.paginator_ui, function(value, key) {
+				if( _.isUndefined(self[key]) ) {
+					self[key] = self.paginator_ui[key];
+				}
+			});
+		
+			// Some values could be functions, let's make sure
+			// to change their scope too and run them
+			var queryAttributes = {};
+			_.each(self.server_api, function(value, key){
+				if( _.isFunction(value) ) {
+					value = _.bind(value, self);
+					value = value();
+				}
+				queryAttributes[key] = value;
+			});
+			
+			var queryOptions = _.clone(self.paginator_core);
+			_.each(queryOptions, function(value, key){
+				if( _.isFunction(value) ) {
+					value = _.bind(value, self);
+					value = value();
+				}
+				queryOptions[key] = value;
+			});
+			
+			// Create default values if no others are specified
+			queryOptions = _.defaults(queryOptions, {
+				timeout: 25000,
+				cache: false,
+				type: 'GET',
+				dataType: 'jsonp'
+			});
+
+			// Allows the passing in of {data: {foo: 'bar'}} at request time to overwrite server_api defaults
+			if( options.data ){
+				options.data = decodeURIComponent($.param(_.extend(queryAttributes,options.data)));
+			}else{
+				options.data = decodeURIComponent($.param(queryAttributes));
+			}
+
+			queryOptions = _.extend(queryOptions, {
+				jsonpCallback: 'callback',
+				processData: false,
+				url: _.result(queryOptions, 'url')
+			}, options);
+			
+			return $.ajax( queryOptions );
+
+		},
+		
+		requestNextPage: function ( options ) {
+			if ( this.currentPage !== undefined ) {
+				this.currentPage += 1;
+				return this.pager( options );
+			} else {
+				var response = new $.Deferred();
+				response.reject();
+				return response.promise();
+			}
+		},
+
+		requestPreviousPage: function ( options ) {
+			if ( this.currentPage !== undefined ) {
+				this.currentPage -= 1;
+				return this.pager( options );
+			} else {
+				var response = new $.Deferred();
+				response.reject();
+				return response.promise();
+			}
+		},
+
+		updateOrder: function ( column ) {
+			if (column !== undefined) {
+				this.sortField = column;
+				this.pager();
+			}
+
+		},
+
+		goTo: function ( page, options ) {
+			if ( page !== undefined ) {
+				this.currentPage = parseInt(page, 10);
+				return this.pager( options );
+			} else {
+				var response = new $.Deferred();
+				response.reject();
+				return response.promise();
+			}
+		},
+
+		howManyPer: function ( count ) {
+			if( count !== undefined ){
+				this.currentPage = this.firstPage;
+				this.perPage = count;
+				this.pager();				
+			}
+		},
+
+		sort: function () {
+			//assign to as needed.
+		},
+
+		info: function () {
+
+			var info = {
+				// If parse() method is implemented and totalRecords is set to the length
+				// of the records returned, make it available. Else, default it to 0
+				totalRecords: this.totalRecords || 0,
+
+				currentPage: this.currentPage,
+				firstPage: this.firstPage,
+				totalPages: this.totalPages,
+				lastPage: this.totalPages,
+				perPage: this.perPage
+			};
+
+			this.information = info;
+			return info;
+		},
+
+		// fetches the latest results from the server
+		pager: function ( options ) {
+			if ( !_.isObject(options) ) {
+				options = {};
+			}
+			return this.fetch( options );
+		}
+
+
+	});
+
+	return Paginator;
+
+}( Backbone, _, jQuery ));