BaseModel.js

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define(['require', 'utils/Utils', 'backbone', 'utils/CommonViewFunction'], function(require, Utils, Backbone, CommonViewFunction) {
    'use strict';

    var BaseModel = Backbone.Model.extend(
        /** @lends BaseModel.prototype */
        {
            /**
             * BaseModel's initialize function
             * @augments Backbone.Model
             * @constructs
             */
            initialize: function() {},
            /**
             * toString for a model. Every model should implement this function.
             */
            toString: function() {
                throw new Error('ERROR: toString() not defined for ' + this.modelName);
            },

            /**
             * Silent'ly set the attributes. ( do not trigger events )
             */
            silent_set: function(attrs) {
                return this.set(attrs, {
                    silent: true
                });
            }
        },
        /** BaseModel's Static Attributes */
        {

            /**
             * [nonCrudOperation description]
             * @param  {[type]} url           [description]
             * @param  {[type]} requestMethod [description]
             * @param  {[type]} options       [description]
             * @return {[type]}               [description]
             */
            nonCrudOperation: function(url, requestMethod, options) {
                var that = this;
                options['beforeSend'] = CommonViewFunction.addRestCsrfCustomHeader;
                return Backbone.sync.call(this, null, this, _.extend({
                    url: url,
                    type: requestMethod
                }, options));
            }
        });

    return BaseModel;
});