people_controller.js

/**
 * Imagine if you will that the content of this controller is set to a bunch of MyApp.Person records.  For whatever reason
 * we don't want to pass those records as is to the controller or view using peopleController objects.
 */
MyApp.peopleController = SC.ArrayController.create({
  
  // Override to provide the proper object for our consumer of peopleController objects.
  objectAt: function (idx) {
    var content = this.get('content'),
      person,
      ret;
    
    if (content) {
      person = content.objectAt(idx);
      
      ret = {
        icon: person.get('role') === 'admin' ? sc_static('admin-icon.png') : sc_static('regular-icon.png'),
        title: person.get('firstName') + ' ' + person.get('lastName')
      };
    }
    
    return ret;
  }
  
});