Appcelerator Routes

    /**
     * Routes.js provides a single function that allows
     *           mapping from subpage transitions
     *           onto Appcelerator Messages.
     *
     *
     *
     * A typical usage looks like the following:
     *
     * routes({
     *   '#home' :                  'l:show.home',
     *   '#kittens' :               'l:show.kittens',
     *   '#puppies' :               'l:show.puppies',
     *   '#kitten/:id' :            'l:show.animal[type=cat,id=#{id}]',
     *   '#puppy/:id' :             'l:show.animal[type=dog,id=#{id}]',
     *   '#kitten/:id/friends' :    'l:show.friends[type=cat,id=#{id}]',
     *   '#puppy/:id/friends' :     'l:show.friends[type=dog,id=#{id}]',
     *   '#yaps/:fromid/:toid' :    'l:show.messages[dogid=#{fromid},catid=#{toid}]',
     *   '#hisses/:fromid/:toid' :  'l:show.messages[catid=#{fromid},dogid=#{toid}]',
     * });
     *
     * Using this routes definition,
     * the app author can create links to subpages,
     * and respond to these link clicks based on the messages on the right-hand-side.
     *
     * For example, this link:
     *   <a href="#kitten/312/friends">Whisker's Friends</a>
     * will send the message:
     *   l:show.friends[type=cat,id=312]
     *
     * Like other Appcelerator history change listeners,
     * the messages connected by routes will be fired when the user
     *  1) clicks a link
     *  2) navigates forward and backward
     *  3) follows a link from another page which includes the hash
     *
     * Syntax is borrowed from Ruby on Rails routing:
     *   http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/chapter/65
     * and from Appcelerator string interpolation/templates:
     *   http://doc.appcelerator.org/reference/interpolation/index.html
     *
     * Version 0.1, by Mark Luffel
     * Released under GPL version 3
     */
  

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• routes.js source code