Working remote source test. Currently relying on a workaround in

datasource to refresh grid.

tests/visual/grid/datasource.js

@@ -13,18 +13,26 @@
 		},
 		_create: function() {
 			$.ui.datasource.types[ this.options.type ] = this;
+			// TODO initialzing items[type] should probably be moved into the populate call 
 			$.ui.datastore.main.items[ this.options.type ] = [];
-			// populate store with static data directly
-			if ($.isArray(this.options.source)) {
-				// TODO pass this (as the datasource instance) instead of type?
-				$.ui.datastore.main.populate( this.options.type );
-			}
+			$.ui.datastore.main.populate( this.options.type );
 		},
 		create: function( props ) {
 			this.options.source.push( props );
 		},
 		get: function( store ) {
-			store._populate( this.options.type, this.options.source );
+			if ($.isArray( this.options.source ) ) {
+				// TODO pass this (as the datasource instance) instead of type?
+				store._populate( this.options.type, this.options.source );
+			} else if ( $.isFunction( this.options.source ) ) {
+				var that = this;
+				this.options.source( {}, function(data) {
+					store._populate( that.options.type, data );
+					// TODO replace this workaround with proper notifications or async handling 
+					$("table").grid("refresh");
+				});
+			}
+			// TODO typeof source == "string" => $.getJSON(source)?
 		},
 		save: function( items ) {
 			$.each( items, function( itemId, item ) {

tests/visual/grid/datastore.js

@@ -51,11 +51,10 @@
 		},
 		// TODO or rename this
 		_populate: function( type, items ) {
-			// TODO just assign items to this.items[type]?
+			// remove cached dataitems object
+			delete this.dataitems[ type ];
 			var local = this.items[ type ];
 			$.each( items, function( i, item ) {
-				// TODO changed this to use index for proper array indexing
-				// was item.guid which is not useful as array index
 				local[ i ] = item;
 			});
 		},

tests/visual/grid/fixture.json

@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 [
 	{
-		guid: 1,
-		firstName: "Scott",
-		lastName: "González",
-		country: "USA",
-		twitter: "scott_gonzalez",
-		github: "scottgonzalez"
+		"guid": 1,
+		"firstName": "Scott",
+		"lastName": "González",
+		"country": "USA",
+		"twitter": "scott_gonzalez",
+		"github": "scottgonzalez"
 	},
 	{
-		guid: 2,
-		firstName: "Richard",
-		lastName: "Worth",
-		country: "USA",
-		twitter: "rworth",
-		github: "rdworth"
+		"guid": 2,
+		"firstName": "Richard",
+		"lastName": "Worth",
+		"country": "USA",
+		"twitter": "rworth",
+		"github": "rdworth"
 	},
 	{
-		guid: 3,
-		firstName: "Jörn",
-		lastName: "Zaefferer",
-		country: "Germany",
-		twitter: "bassistance",
-		github: "jzaefferer"
+		"guid": 3,
+		"firstName": "Jörn",
+		"lastName": "Zaefferer",
+		"country": "Germany",
+		"twitter": "bassistance",
+		"github": "jzaefferer"
 	}
 ]

tests/visual/grid/remote-source.html

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 	<link rel="stylesheet" href="grid.css" />
 	<script src="../../../jquery-1.4.4.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../../external/jquery.tmpl.js"></script>
-	<script src="../../../external/jquery.global.js"></script>
-	<script src="../../../external/jquery.global.de-DE.js"></script>
-	<script src="../../../external/jquery.global.ja-JP.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../../ui/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../../ui/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
 	<script src="dataitem.js"></script>
@@ -24,13 +21,12 @@
 		$.ui.datasource({
 			type: "developer",
 			source: function(request, response) {
-				console.log(this, arguments);
-				$.getJSON("fixture.json", response);
+				$.getJSON("fixture.json", request, response);
 			}
 		});
 
 		$("table").grid({
-			type: "developers",
+			type: "developer",
 			// TODO remove this; move template generation from extractor to grid init or refresh
 			rowTemplate: $( "#row-tmpl" ).html(),
 		})