Added a new render hyperLink.js

This data rendering helper method can be useful when a hyperLink

dataRender/hyperLink.js

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+/**
+ * This data rendering helper method can be useful when a hyperLink with custom 
+ * text has to rendered. The data for the column is still fully searchable and sortable, based on the hyperLink value,
+ * and sortable, based on the hyperLink value, but during display in webpage is rendered with custom placeholder
+ *
+ * It accepts four parameters:
+ *
+ * 1. 'text' -  type string - (optional - default `Click Here`)  - The custom placeholder to display
+ * 2. 'location' -  type string - (optional - default `newTab`) 
+ * 		takes two values 'newTab' and 'popup'
+ * 3. 'width' -  type integer - (optional - default `600`) 
+ *		The custom width of popup to display.
+ *		Value is utilised on when 'location' is given as 'popup'.
+ * 4. 'height' -  type integer - (optional - default `400`) 
+ *		The custom heigth of popup to display.
+ *		Value is utilised on when 'location' is given as 'popup'.
+ *
+ *  @name hyperLink
+ *  @summary Displays url data in hyperLink with custom plcaeholder
+ *  @author [Lokesh Babu]
+ *  @requires DataTables 1.10+
+ *
+ *
+ *  @example
+ *    // Display the hyperlink with 'Click Here', which open hyperlink in new Tab or new Window based on Browser setting
+ *    $('#example').DataTable( {
+ *      columnDefs: [ {
+ *        targets: 1,
+ *        render: $.fn.dataTable.render.hyperLink()
+ *      } ]
+ *    } );
+ *
+ *  @example
+ *    // Display the hyperlink with 'Download', which open hyperlink in new Tab or new Window based on Browser setting
+ *    $('#example').DataTable( {
+ *      columnDefs: [ {
+ *        targets: 2,
+ *        render: $.fn.dataTable.render.ellipsis( 'Download' )
+ *      } ]
+ *    } );
+ *
+ *  @example
+ *    // Display the hyperlink with 'Download', which open hyperlink in popup
+ *    //		with size 600as width and 400 as height
+ *    $('#example').DataTable( {
+ *      columnDefs: [ {
+ *        targets: 2,
+ *        render: $.fn.dataTable.render.ellipsis( 'Download', 'popup' )
+ *      } ]
+ *    } );
+ *
+ *  @example
+ *    // Display the hyperlink with 'Download', which open hyperlink in popup
+ *    //		with size 1000 width and 500 as height
+ *    $('#example').DataTable( {
+ *      columnDefs: [ {
+ *        targets: 2,
+ *        render: $.fn.dataTable.render.ellipsis( 'Download', 'popup' , 1000, 500)
+ *      } ]
+ *    } );
+ */
+
+jQuery.fn.dataTable.render.hyperLink = function (text, location, width, height) {
+	
+	
+	validateAndReturnDefaultIfFailed = function(item, defaultValue) {
+	  
+	   if ( typeof item === 'number' ) {
+			return item;
+		}
+		
+		
+		if ( typeof item === 'string' ) {
+			return parseInt(item) ? item : defaultValue;
+		}
+		
+		return defaultValue;
+  }
+	
+  text = text || 'Click Here';
+  location = location || 'newTab';
+  width = validateAndReturnDefaultIfFailed(width, '600');
+  height = validateAndReturnDefaultIfFailed(height, '400');
+  
+  
+  
+  
+  return function (data, type, row) {
+
+    // restriction only for table display rendering
+    if (type !== 'display') {
+      return data;
+    }
+    
+	try {
+		
+		url = new URL(data);
+		
+		switch(location) {
+			case  'newTab' :
+				return '<a title="' + url + '" href="' + url + '" target="_blank">' + text + '</a>';
+			case 'popup':
+				return '<a title="' + url + '" href="' + url + '" target="popup" rel="noopener noreferrer" onclick="window.open(\'' + url + '\', \'' + text + '\', \'width='+width+',height='+height+'\'); return false;">' + text + '</a>';
+			default:
+				return '<a title="' + url + '" href="' + url + '" target="_blank">' + text + '</a>';
+		}
+		
+	} catch(e) {
+		return url;
+	}
+    
+  };
+};