Bug 1008122 Loop content changes for the separation of Loop from Social. r=nperriault

browser/components/loop/content/js/desktopRouter.js

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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+/* global loop:true */
+
+var loop = loop || {};
+loop.desktopRouter = (function() {
+  "use strict";
+
+  /**
+   * On the desktop app, the use of about: uris prevents us from changing the
+   * url of the location. As a result, we change the navigate function to simply
+   * activate the new routes, and not try changing the url.
+   *
+   * XXX It is conceivable we might be able to remove this in future, if we
+   * can either swap to resource uris or remove the limitation on the about uris.
+   */
+  var extendedRouter = {
+    navigate: function(to) {
+      this[this.routes[to]]();
+    }
+  };
+
+  var DesktopRouter = loop.shared.router.BaseRouter.extend(extendedRouter);
+
+  var DesktopConversationRouter =
+    loop.shared.router.BaseConversationRouter.extend(extendedRouter);
+
+  return {
+    DesktopRouter: DesktopRouter,
+    DesktopConversationRouter: DesktopConversationRouter
+  };
+})();