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Create

class methods

Creates a data source instance using the specified configuration. If the configuration is a data source instance, the same instance will be returned.

Parameters:optionsObject

The data source configuration.

Returns:kendo.data.DataSource

—The new data source instance.

<script>
var dataSource = kendo.data.DataSource.create({
  data: [
    { name: "Jane Doe" }
  ]
});
</script>