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Create a route matching rule.

route.register(rule [, defaults])

Create a url matching rule. Optionally provide defaults that will be applied to the underlying data when the rule matches.

The following sets route.data.page = "cart" when the url is #cart and route.data.page = "home" when the url is #.

<mock-url></mock-url>
<script type="module">
import "//unpkg.com/mock-url@^5.0.0";
import {route} from "can";

route.register( "{page}", {page: "home"} );

route.start();
console.log( route.data.page ); // -> "home"
route.data.page = "cart";
</script>

Parameters

  1. rule {String}:

    the fragment identifier to match. The fragment identifier shouldn't contain characters that have special meaning: /, {, }, ?, #, !, =, [, ], &), for example: route.register("_||${foo}@^") is a valid fragment. Identifiers wrapped in braces ( { } ) are interpreted as being properties on can-route’s data, these can contain (a-Z), typical property identifiers (_, $), and numbers after the first character. Examples:

    <mock-url></mock-url>
    <script type="module">
    import "//unpkg.com/mock-url@^5.0.0";
    import {route} from "can";
    
    route.register( "{foo}" );
    route.register( "foo/{bar}" );
    console.log( route.data ); //-> {foo: undefined, bar: undefined}
    
    route.start();
    route.data.bar = "fie"; // Url hash changes to #!foo/fie
    </script>
    
  2. defaults {Object}:

    An object of default values. These defaults are applied to can-route’s data when the route is matched.

Returns

{Object}:

The internal route object. Since route.register returns the route object, register calls can me chained.

route.register("todos/{todoId}")
  .register("users/{userId}");

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