IronRouter extending data option on route controller

Question

Is there a way to extend the data option when using IronRouter and the RouteController, It seems like it gets overridden when I inherit from a super co

Answer 1

To add to the selected answer, note that if you're using Coffeescript the following will yield the same result:

class @ChildController extends ParentController
  data: -> super()
  # or if you want to add to it:
  data: ->
    _.extend super(), { extraThing: 'some value' }