From db43d0028bd53278ce0dc152f35db89cfc22d24f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lior Chen <lior@iokun.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:23:35 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] adds item attributes for collection items - fixes #1

---
 README.md         | 5 +++++
 src/collection.js | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f10449ad..9710ee39 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -621,6 +621,10 @@ A template name or template function to use when rendering each model. If using
 
 A view class to be initialized for each item. Can be used in conjunction with `itemTemplate`.
 
+### itemAttributes *view.itemAttributes*
+
+Attributes that will be passed to the constructor of each item. Can be used in conjunction with `itemView`.
+
 ### itemContext *view.itemContext(model, index)*
 
 A function in the declaring view to specify the context for an `itemTemplate`, receives model and index as arguments. `itemContext` will not be used if an `itemView` is specified as the `itemView`'s own `context` method will instead be used.
@@ -1049,6 +1053,7 @@ When rendering `this.collection` many properties will be forwarded from the view
 - `itemView`
 - `itemContext`
 - `itemFilter`
+- `itemAttributes`
 - `emptyTemplate`
 - `emptyView`
 - `loadingTemplate`
diff --git a/src/collection.js b/src/collection.js
index 175cc1f5..4622165d 100644
--- a/src/collection.js
+++ b/src/collection.js
@@ -388,7 +388,13 @@ Thorax.CollectionView = Thorax.View.extend({
       if (this.itemTemplate) {
         viewOptions.template = this.itemTemplate;
       }
-      return Thorax.Util.getViewInstance(this.itemView, viewOptions);
+      if (!this.itemAttributes) {
+          this.itemAttributes = {};
+      }
+      
+      var itemAttributes = _.defaults(this.itemAttributes, viewOptions);
+      
+      return Thorax.Util.getViewInstance(this.itemView, itemAttributes);
     } else {
       // Using call here to avoid v8 prototype inline optimization bug that helper views
       // expose under Android 4.3 (at minimum)

From 6f9108bbb811d09154fbe2c1bb3287e8c8c22227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lior Chen <lior@iokun.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:26:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] changed _.defaults to _.extend

---
 src/collection.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/collection.js b/src/collection.js
index 4622165d..55dd2074 100644
--- a/src/collection.js
+++ b/src/collection.js
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ Thorax.CollectionView = Thorax.View.extend({
           this.itemAttributes = {};
       }
       
-      var itemAttributes = _.defaults(this.itemAttributes, viewOptions);
+      var itemAttributes = _.extend(this.itemAttributes, viewOptions);
       
       return Thorax.Util.getViewInstance(this.itemView, itemAttributes);
     } else {