Backbone base view that handles compiling and retrieving templates.

HandlebarsTemplateView.js

define([
    "underscore", 
    "backbone",
    "handlebars"
  ],
  function(_, Backbone, Handlebars) {
    var HandlebarsTemplateView = Backbone.View.extend({
      templates: {},

      initialize: function(options) {
        this.compileTemplates();  
      },

      compileTemplate: function(templateSource) {
        return Handlebars.compile(templateSource);
      },

      compileTemplates: function() {
        if (_.isObject(this.options.templateSource)) {
          _.each(this.options.templateSource, function(templateSource, name ) {
            this.templates[name] = this.compileTemplate(templateSource);
          }, this);
        }
        else if (this.options.templateSource) {
          
          this.templates['__main'] = this.compileTemplate(this.options.templateSource); 
        }

        if (this.templates['__main']) {
          this.template = this.templates['__main'];
        }
      },

      getTemplate: function(name) {
        if (name) {
          return this.templates[name];
        }
        else {
          return this.templates['__main'];
        }
      }
    });

    return HandlebarsTemplateView; 
  }
);