Retrieving Datasource (aaData object) from datatable

Hi

How can I get back the aaData from a datatable. In the help it meantions just using the datatable method: $('#example').dataTable() and it does retrieve the table but I'm interested in the datasource itself = the aaData object I binded.

How can this be achieved?

Thanks,

-Dan

p.s. Maybe I should mention that I'm also interested in updating the aaData object by user input and then retrieving the updated aaData object back.