Preprocessor now provides preprocessed data on its own

js/main.js

@@ -6,30 +6,7 @@
 
 console.log("Let's load and preprocess all data properly.");
 
-// Show loading dialog
-loadingDialog.show(13);
-
-// Create a queue, add all the fetch&process functions and await their results
-d3.queue()
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchCircuits)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchConstructorResults)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchConstructors)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchConstructorStandings)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchDrivers)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchDriverStandings)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchLapTimes)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchPitStops)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchQualifying)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchRaces)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchResults)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchSeasons)
-  .defer(preprocessor.fetchStatus)
-  .awaitAll(function(error) {
-    // All data loaded by the deferred functions, now we're ready for business
-    // (call more functions :D)
-    console.log("All done. Ready.");
-    // Throw errors so we can see them
-    if(error) throw error;
-    // Hide the loading dialog
-    loadingDialog.hide();
-  });
+preprocessor.load(function(data) {
+  console.log("Results are in!");
+  console.log(data);
+});

js/preprocessor.js

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
  * In this file, functions for loading and preprocessing the data are defined.
  */
 
-/* Define the functions responsible for fetching+preprocessing data in a preprocessor object */
+/* 
+ * Define the functions responsible for fetching+preprocessing data in a preprocessor object
+ */
 var preprocessor = {
   // Structure that gets filled with results
   results: {
@@ -248,4 +250,38 @@ var preprocessor = {
     });
   },
 
-}
+  // Starts the fetch+preprocess step, calls back given function with results.
+  load: function(callback) {
+    // Show loading dialog
+    loadingDialog.show(13);
+    // Create a queue, add all the fetch&process functions and await their results
+    d3.queue()
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchCircuits)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchConstructorResults)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchConstructors)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchConstructorStandings)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchDrivers)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchDriverStandings)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchLapTimes)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchPitStops)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchQualifying)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchRaces)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchResults)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchSeasons)
+      .defer(preprocessor.fetchStatus)
+      .awaitAll(function(error) {
+        // Throw errors so we can see them
+        if(error) throw error;
+        // Hide the loading dialog
+        loadingDialog.hide();
+        // Callback with the results
+        callback(preprocessor.results);
+      });
+  },
+
+  // Simple getter method to fetch the raw data
+  getResults: function() {
+    return preprocessor.results;
+  },
+
+};

js/util.js

@@ -34,5 +34,3 @@ var loadingDialog = {
     $(this.id + " .progress-bar").attr("style", "width: " + percentage + "%;");    
   },
 };
-
-