// Template Cache
// --------------

// Manage templates stored in `<script>` blocks,
// caching them for faster access.
Marionette.TemplateCache = function(templateId){
  this.templateId = templateId;
};

// TemplateCache object-level methods. Manage the template
// caches from these method calls instead of creating 
// your own TemplateCache instances
_.extend(Marionette.TemplateCache, {
  templateCaches: {},

// Get the specified template by id. Either
  // retrieves the cached version, or loads it
  // from the DOM.
  get: function(templateId){
    var cachedTemplate = this.templateCaches[templateId];

if (!cachedTemplate){
      cachedTemplate = new Marionette.TemplateCache(templateId);
      this.templateCaches[templateId] = cachedTemplate;
    }

return cachedTemplate.load();
  },

// Clear templates from the cache. If no arguments
  // are specified, clears all templates:
  // `clear()`
  //
  // If arguments are specified, clears each of the 
  // specified templates from the cache:
  // `clear("#t1", "#t2", "...")`
  clear: function(){
    var i;
    var args = slice(arguments);
    var length = args.length;

if (length > 0){
      for(i=0; i<length; i++){
        delete this.templateCaches[args[i]];
      }
    } else {
      this.templateCaches = {};
    }
  }
});

// TemplateCache instance methods, allowing each
// template cache object to manage it's own state
// and know whether or not it has been loaded
_.extend(Marionette.TemplateCache.prototype, {

// Internal method to load the template
  load: function(){
    // Guard clause to prevent loading this template more than once
    if (this.compiledTemplate){
      return this.compiledTemplate;
    }

// Load the template and compile it
    var template = this.loadTemplate(this.templateId);
    this.compiledTemplate = this.compileTemplate(template);

return this.compiledTemplate;
  },

// Load a template from the DOM, by default. Override
  // this method to provide your own template retrieval
  // For asynchronous loading with AMD/RequireJS, consider
  // using a template-loader plugin as described here: 
  // https://github.com/marionettejs/backbone.marionette/wiki/Using-marionette-with-requirejs
  loadTemplate: function(templateId){
    var template = Marionette.$(templateId).html();

if (!template || template.length === 0){
      throwError("Could not find template: '" + templateId + "'", "NoTemplateError");
    }

return template;
  },

// Pre-compile the template before caching it. Override
  // this method if you do not need to pre-compile a template
  // (JST / RequireJS for example) or if you want to change
  // the template engine used (Handebars, etc).
  compileTemplate: function(rawTemplate){
    return _.template(rawTemplate);
  }
});

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