Currently the plugin is constructed around the two supported datasources, while needing a lot of refactoring to offer proper support for other datasources.
As your datasource runs async, an option may be to intercept the $.ajax method (see http://docs.jquery.com/Types#Proxy_Pattern). Your proxy would check for a custom option or a certain URL, and if that is used, delegate the request handling to your existing function, triggering the success-callback in the same way $.ajax does. Something like this: (function() { // log all calls to setArray var proxied = jQuery.ajax; jQuery.ajax = function(options) { if (options.autocomplete) { handleRequest(options.data, options.success); } return proxied.apply(this, arguments); }; }); Jörn On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a JavaScript function that makes an Ajax call and returns > results into a local variable. I would like to call this function > from the Autocomplete plugin (http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/ > jquery-plugin-autocomplete/) as my Ajax data souce. I understand that > Autocomplete can use either a local variable or a URL, but the > framework I'm using has some built-in Ajax functions to set the value > of a variable, run a SQL query, and return the result. > > I could do this by re-writing autocomplete, but I don't think that's > the best solution. > > So, lets say I have some JavaScript function called getMyData, how > would I extend Autocomplete such that it calls getMyData instead of a > URL to get the results? > > Thanks, > Tyler >
