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+/// <reference path="../backbone/backbone.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="backbone-associations.d.ts" />
+
+// borrowed from the Backbone.Associations tutorials
+// separated out into modules to avoid namespace clashes
+module Backbone.Associations.Tests {
+    module OneToOne {
+        class EmployeeWithManager extends Backbone.AssociatedModel {
+            constructor(options?) {
+                this.relations = [
+                    {
+                        type: Backbone.One, //nature of the relationship
+                        key: 'manager', // attribute of Employee
+                        relatedModel: 'Employee' //AssociatedModel for attribute key
+                    }
+                ];
+                super(options);
+            }
+
+            defaults() {
+                return {
+                    age: 0,
+                    fname: "",
+                    lname: "",
+                    manager: null
+                };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    module OneToMany {
+        class Location extends Backbone.AssociatedModel {
+            defaults() {
+                return {
+                    add1: "",
+                    add2: null,
+                    zip: "",
+                    state: ""
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        class Locations extends Backbone.Collection<Location> {
+            comparator(c: Backbone.Model) {
+                return c.get("Number");
+            }
+        }
+
+        class Project extends Backbone.AssociatedModel {
+            constructor(options?) {
+                this.relations = [
+                    {
+                        type: Backbone.Many, //nature of the relation
+                        key: 'locations', //attribute of Project
+                        collectionType: Locations, //Collection to be used.
+                        relatedModel: Location //Optional
+                    }
+                ];
+                super(options);
+            }
+
+            defaults() {
+                return {
+                    name: "",
+                    number: 0,
+                    locations: []
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        function reverseAssociationTest() {
+            var local = new Location({ state: "Hertfordshire" });
+            var project = new Project({ name: "The Old Pond Project" });
+            local.set("oddRelationTo", project);
+            var parents = project.parents;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/Backbone-Associations/backbone-associations.d.ts b/Backbone-Associations/backbone-associations.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for Backbone-associations 0.6.4
+// Project: https://github.com/dhruvaray/backbone-associations/
+// Definitions by: Craig Brett <https://github.com/craigbrett17/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../backbone/backbone.d.ts" />
+
+declare module Backbone {
+    export module Associations {
+        /** Defines a 1:Many relationship type */
+        export var Many: string;
+        /** Defines a 1:1 relationship type */
+        export var One: string;
+        /** Defines a special relationship to itself */
+        export var Self: string;
+
+        // these seem to be used internally, but can't see a reason not to include them just in case
+        export var SEPARATOR: string;
+        export function getSeparator(): any;
+        export function setSeparator(value: any): void;
+        export var EVENTS_BUBBLE: boolean;
+        export var EVENTS_WILDCARD: boolean;
+        export var EVENTS_NC: boolean;
+
+        interface IRelation {
+            /** The type of model for this relationship */
+            relatedModel: string|typeof Backbone.Associations.AssociatedModel;
+            /** The key for this relationship on this model */
+            key: string;
+            // meh, no string enums in TS. Just have to trust the user not to be a fool
+            /** The cardinality of this relationship. */
+            type: string;
+            /** Determines the type of collection used. If used, the relatedModel property is ignored */
+            collectionType?: typeof Backbone.Collection|string;
+            /** If set to true, then the attribute will not be serialized in toJSON() calls. Defaults to false */
+            isTransient?: boolean;
+            /** Specify remoteKey to serialize the key to a different key name in toJSON() calls. Useful in ROR nested-attributes like scenarios. */
+            remoteKey?: string;
+            /** the attributes to serialize when calling toJSON */
+            serialize?: string[];
+            /** A transformation function to convert the value before it is assigned to the key on the relatedModel */
+            map?: (...args: any[]) => any;
+        }
+        
+        /** A Backbone model with special provision for handling relations to other models */
+        export class AssociatedModel extends Backbone.Model {
+            /** Relations with their associated model */
+            relations: IRelation[];
+            _proxyCalls: any;
+            /** Reverse association lookup for objects that contain this object */
+            parents: any[];
+            /** Cleans up any parent relations on other AssociatedModels */
+            cleanup(): void;
+        }
+    }
+    // copies of properties also put onto the Backbone scope
+    /** Defines a 1:Many relationship type */
+    export var Many: string;
+    /** Defines a 1:1 relationship type */
+    export var One: string;
+    /** Defines a special relationship to itself */
+    export var Self: string;
+
+    // I'm sure this should be doable with imports or type aliases, but doesn't seem to work
+    /** A Backbone model with special provision for handling relations to other models */
+    export class AssociatedModel extends Backbone.Model {
+        /** Relations with their associated model */
+        relations: Associations.IRelation[];
+        _proxyCalls: any;
+        /** Reverse association lookup for objects that contain this object */
+        parents: any[];
+        /** Cleans up any parent relations on other AssociatedModels */
+        cleanup(): void;
+    }
+}
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