Can you provide guidance on serializing a Backbone collection with attributes and models into JSON?
For example, consider the following collection:
var myCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
initialize: function (attr, options) {
this.property = options.property;
}
});
When using JSON.stringify(myCollection), the toJSON method defined in the Backbone Collection Object is called. This method is defined as:
toJSON : function() {
return this.map(function(model){ return model.toJSON(); });
}
As a result, only the models within the collection will be included in the JSON object, not the previously defined collection attributes.
Is there a way to include the collection attributes in the JSON output?
Thank you.
Edit: Apologies if my original question was unclear. I understand that overriding the toJSON method may be a solution, but I am looking for a more general approach. How can I achieve this for various collections with different properties, all inheriting from a baseCollection object? Additionally, how can I restore the JSON object back to its original Backbone state (such as creating a new collection with the JSON object passed as parameters)?