将嵌套的JSON对象发送到数据表

Question

My JSON data looks like this and I am trying to get it sent through datatables.

{
    "RANDOM-UNIQUE-STRING-1":
    {
        "column1": "stuff",
        "column2": "more stuff",
        "column3": "example"
    },
    "RANDOM-UNIQUE-STRING-2":
    {
        "column1": "stuff",
        "column2": "more stuff",
        "column3": "example"
    },
    { ... }
}

I can't figure out how to look passed RANDOM-UNIQUE-STRING-1 , etc and go straight for the data. This is what I have so far. Anyone think they could help?

var theTable = $('#mytable').dataTable({
    "bProcessing": true,
    "aaData": data, //data == my above JSON object
    "aoColumns": [
        { "mData": "column1" },
        { "mData": "column2" },
        { "mData": "column3" }
    ]
});

Answer 1

You could make a function that "normalizes" the JSON. Like this :

function normalize(data) {
    var result = [];
    for (var row in data) {
        result.push(data[row]);
    }
    return result;
}

and then call that function in your dataTables initialisation :

var theTable = $('#mytable').dataTable({
    aaData: normalize(data),
    aoColumns: [
        { mData: "column1" },
        { mData: "column2" },
        { mData: "column3" }
    ]    
});

demo -> http://jsfiddle.net/o27hgzjr/