Bind List to Client-cached JSON array

[Eric J at FADV]

What is the best way of doing local binding of a DropDownList (or ComboBox) to a cached JSON array, e.g. a collection of data items cached in localStorage?

[Petur Subev]

Hello,

You have several options pretty much equivalent to do this.

var localStorageItems = // get the items or parse them however the logic is

//option 1
var dataSource = localStorageItems ;

//option 2
var dataSource = {
      data: localStorageItems
};

//option 3
var dataSource = {
      transport: {
              read: function(e) {
                     e.success(localStorageItems);
               }
      }
};


$("#myDropDOwnList).kendoDropDownList({
        dataSource: dataSource
       //other options
});

Even more examples are available in the documentation here:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/framework/datasource

Kind Regards,
Petur Subev
Telerik