A Helper for testing Backbone route matching

spec_helper.coffee

window.RouteHelpers = {
  getRouteHandlerMethod: (router, url_fragment) ->
    routeStripper = /^[#\/]/;
    url_fragment = url_fragment.replace(routeStripper, '')
    routes = Object.keys(router.routes)
    return _.find routes, (route) =>
      regexp = router._routeToRegExp(route)
      if (regexp.test(url_fragment))
        return true
      else
        return false
}