/**
* Template object for the column information object in DataTables. This object
* is held in the settings aoColumns array and contains all the information that
* DataTables needs about each individual column.
*
* Note that this object is related to {@link DataTable.defaults.column}
* but this one is the internal data store for DataTables's cache of columns.
* It should NOT be manipulated outside of DataTables. Any configuration should
* be done through the initialisation options.
* @namespace
*/
DataTable.models.oColumn = {
/**
* A list of the columns that sorting should occur on when this column
* is sorted. That this property is an array allows multi-column sorting
* to be defined for a column (for example first name / last name columns
* would benefit from this). The values are integers pointing to the
* columns to be sorted on (typically it will be a single integer pointing
* at itself, but that doesn't need to be the case).
* @type array
*/
"aDataSort": null,
/**
* Define the sorting directions that are applied to the column, in sequence
* as the column is repeatedly sorted upon - i.e. the first value is used
* as the sorting direction when the column if first sorted (clicked on).
* Sort it again (click again) and it will move on to the next index.
* Repeat until loop.
* @type array
*/
"asSorting": null,
/**
* Flag to indicate if the column is searchable, and thus should be included
* in the filtering or not.
* @type boolean
*/
"bSearchable": null,
/**
* Flag to indicate if the column is sortable or not.
* @type boolean
*/
"bSortable": null,
/**
* Flag to indicate if the column is currently visible in the table or not
* @type boolean
*/
"bVisible": null,
/**
* Flag to indicate to the type detection method if the automatic type
* detection should be used, or if a column type (sType) has been specified
* @type boolean
* @default true
* @private
*/
"_bAutoType": true,
/**
* Developer definable function that is called whenever a cell is created (Ajax source,
* etc) or processed for input (DOM source). This can be used as a compliment to mRender
* allowing you to modify the DOM element (add background colour for example) when the
* element is available.
* @type function
* @param {element} nTd The TD node that has been created
* @param {*} sData The Data for the cell
* @param {array|object} oData The data for the whole row
* @param {int} iRow The row index for the aoData data store
* @default null
*/
"fnCreatedCell": null,
/**
* Function to get data from a cell in a column. You should <b>never</b>
* access data directly through _aData internally in DataTables - always use
* the method attached to this property. It allows mData to function as
* required. This function is automatically assigned by the column
* initialisation method
* @type function
* @param {array|object} oData The data array/object for the array
* (i.e. aoData[]._aData)
* @param {string} sSpecific The specific data type you want to get -
* 'display', 'type' 'filter' 'sort'
* @returns {*} The data for the cell from the given row's data
* @default null
*/
"fnGetData": null,
/**
* Function to set data for a cell in the column. You should <b>never</b>
* set the data directly to _aData internally in DataTables - always use
* this method. It allows mData to function as required. This function
* is automatically assigned by the column initialisation method
* @type function
* @param {array|object} oData The data array/object for the array
* (i.e. aoData[]._aData)
* @param {*} sValue Value to set
* @default null
*/
"fnSetData": null,
/**
* Property to read the value for the cells in the column from the data
* source array / object. If null, then the default content is used, if a
* function is given then the return from the function is used.
* @type function|int|string|null
* @default null
*/
"mData": null,
/**
* Partner property to mData which is used (only when defined) to get
* the data - i.e. it is basically the same as mData, but without the
* 'set' option, and also the data fed to it is the result from mData.
* This is the rendering method to match the data method of mData.
* @type function|int|string|null
* @default null
*/
"mRender": null,
/**
* Unique header TH/TD element for this column - this is what the sorting
* listener is attached to (if sorting is enabled.)
* @type node
* @default null
*/
"nTh": null,
/**
* Unique footer TH/TD element for this column (if there is one). Not used
* in DataTables as such, but can be used for plug-ins to reference the
* footer for each column.
* @type node
* @default null
*/
"nTf": null,
/**
* The class to apply to all TD elements in the table's TBODY for the column
* @type string
* @default null
*/
"sClass": null,
/**
* When DataTables calculates the column widths to assign to each column,
* it finds the longest string in each column and then constructs a
* temporary table and reads the widths from that. The problem with this
* is that "mmm" is much wider then "iiii", but the latter is a longer
* string - thus the calculation can go wrong (doing it properly and putting
* it into an DOM object and measuring that is horribly(!) slow). Thus as
* a "work around" we provide this option. It will append its value to the
* text that is found to be the longest string for the column - i.e. padding.
* @type string
*/
"sContentPadding": null,
/**
* Allows a default value to be given for a column's data, and will be used
* whenever a null data source is encountered (this can be because mData
* is set to null, or because the data source itself is null).
* @type string
* @default null
*/
"sDefaultContent": null,
/**
* Name for the column, allowing reference to the column by name as well as
* by index (needs a lookup to work by name).
* @type string
*/
"sName": null,
/**
* Custom sorting data type - defines which of the available plug-ins in
* afnSortData the custom sorting will use - if any is defined.
* @type string
* @default std
*/
"sSortDataType": 'std',
/**
* Class to be applied to the header element when sorting on this column
* @type string
* @default null
*/
"sSortingClass": null,
/**
* Class to be applied to the header element when sorting on this column -
* when jQuery UI theming is used.
* @type string
* @default null
*/
"sSortingClassJUI": null,
/**
* Title of the column - what is seen in the TH element (nTh).
* @type string
*/
"sTitle": null,
/**
* Column sorting and filtering type
* @type string
* @default null
*/
"sType": null,
/**
* Width of the column
* @type string
* @default null
*/
"sWidth": null,
/**
* Width of the column when it was first "encountered"
* @type string
* @default null
*/
"sWidthOrig": null
};
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