Overloading the dojo/app/view's loadTemplate function to support loading urls as part of the template

gistfile1.txt

// Overload the view loader..
        View.prototype._loadTemplate = function(){
          var localView = this;
        	// summary:
        	//		load view HTML template and dependencies.
        	// tags:
        	//		private
        	//
        	var tpl = this.template;
    		var deps = this.dependencies?this.dependencies:[];
        	if(this.templateString){
        		return true;
        	}else if (tpl.indexOf("$") == 0){
        		var url = tpl.substring(1, tpl.length);
        		var requestDeferred = request.get(url);       		
        		requestDeferred.then(function _success(data) {
        			localView.templateString = data;
        		},
        		function _error(error) {
        			localView.templateString = "<div>Error: "+error+"</div>";
        		});
        		
        		var loadViewDeferred = new Deferred();
        		when(requestDeferred, lang.hitch(this, function() {
        			loadViewDeferred.resolve(this);
        		}));
        		return loadViewDeferred;
        	}else{        		
        		if(tpl){
        			if(tpl.indexOf("./") == 0){
        				tpl = "app/"+tpl;
        			}
        			deps = deps.concat(["dojo/text!"+tpl]);
        		}
        		var def = new Deferred();
        		if(deps.length > 0){
        			var requireSignal;
        			try{
        				requireSignal = require.on("error", lang.hitch(this, function(error){
        					if(def.isResolved() || def.isRejected()){
        						return;
        					}
        					if(error.info[0] && error.info[0].indexOf(this.template) >= 0 ){
        						def.resolve(false);
        						requireSignal.remove();
        					}
        				}));
        				require(deps, function(){
        					def.resolve.call(def, arguments);
        					requireSignal.remove();
        				});
        			}catch(e){
        				def.resolve(false);
        				if(requireSignal){
        					requireSignal.remove();
        				}
        			}
        		}else{
        			def.resolve(true);
        		}
        		var loadViewDeferred = new Deferred();
        		when(def, lang.hitch(this, function(){
        			this.templateString = this.template ? arguments[0][arguments[0].length - 1] : "<div></div>";
        			loadViewDeferred.resolve(this);
        		}));
        		return loadViewDeferred;
        	}
        };