How to clone a backbone collection

Question

Is there a way to easily clone Backbone Collection? I wonder why there is no build in method like for models. My problem is that I have a model holding a collection of childs. W

Answer 1

Simplest way:

var cloned = new Backbone.Collection(original.toJSON());

where original is the collection to clone.

Could always then extend Backbone's Collection to add clone support w or w/o inheritance support.