EmberJS-Router Before the Model is Known

Quiz

Description

To redirect from one route to another route define the beforeModel hook into the route handler.

Syntax

Ember.Route.extend({
   beforeModel: function() {
      this.transitionTo('routeToName');
   }
});

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>Emberjs Before the Model is Known</title>
      <!-- CDN's -->
      <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/handlebars.js/3.0.1/handlebars.min.js"></script>
      <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js"></script>
      <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember.js/1.10.0/ember.min.js"></script>
      <script src="https://builds.emberjs.com/tags/v1.10.0-beta.3/ember-template-compiler.js"></script>
      <script src="https://builds.emberjs.com/release/ember.debug.js"></script>
      <script src="https://builds.emberjs.com/beta/ember-data.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <script type="text/x-handlebars" data-template-name="posts">
         <!-- posts contents #posts -->
         <h2>Books Detail: </h2>
         <ul>
            <li>Java</li>
            <li>C++</li>
         </ul>
      </script>

      <script type="text/javascript">
         App = Ember.Application.create();

         App.Router.map(function() {
            //getting the resources of the posts template
            this.resource('posts');
         });

         App.IndexRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
            beforeModel: function() {
               //redirecting to the posts other than the default template like application and index
               this.transitionTo('posts');
            }
         });
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Output

Let's carry out the following steps to see how above code works:

Save above code in routing_bfr_modl.htm file
Open this HTML file in a browser.

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