From 57a3d803217352be8521bd99eaa12b4c27dbc24f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Allan Jardine <allan.jardine@sprymedia.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:21:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] New - API: `processing()` method

- Thread 31659
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 api/processing().js | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 api/processing().js

diff --git a/api/processing().js b/api/processing().js
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+/**
+ * Externally trigger the display of DataTables' "processing" indicator. 
+ *
+ *  @name processing()
+ *  @summary Show / hide the processing indicator via the API
+ *  @author [Allan Jardine](http://datatables.net)
+ *  @requires DataTables 1.10+
+ *  @param {boolean} show `true` to show the processing indicator, `false` to
+ *    hide it.
+ *
+ * @returns {DataTables.Api} Unmodified API instance
+ *
+ *  @example
+ *    // Show a processing indicator for two seconds on initialisation
+ *    var table = $('#example').DataTable( {
+ *      processing: true
+ *    } );
+ *    
+ *    table.processing( true );
+ *    
+ *    setTimeout( function () {
+ *      table.processing( false );
+ *    }, 2000 );
+ */
+
+jQuery.fn.dataTable.Api.register( 'processing()', function ( show ) {
+    return this.iterator( 'table', function ( ctx ) {
+        ctx.oApi._fnProcessingDisplay( ctx, show );
+    } );
+} );