Piping Backbone Methods

backbone-pipe.js

;(function() {
    var _fetch = Backbone.Collection.prototype.fetch;
    var _reset = Backbone.Collection.prototype.reset;

    _.extend(Backbone.Collection.prototype, {
      fetching: false
    });

    Backbone.Collection.prototype.fetch = function(options) {
      this.fetching = true;
      console.log('Fetching on');
      _fetch.call(this, options);
    }

    Backbone.Collection.prototype.reset = function(model, options) {
      if (this.fetching) this.fetching = false;
      console.log('Fetching off');
      _reset.apply(this, [model, options]);
    }
  })();