Datatables 2.0 does not consider BS5 table variants

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I experimented a bit with Datatables 2.0 and various Bootstrap 5 Table variants (i.e. table header different color than table body). It seems that class dataTables which is inserted by datatables.js overrides most Bootstrap 5 classes (i.e. table-dark does have white text, but not black background).

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.datatables.net/2.0.1/css/dataTables.bootstrap5.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/2.0.1/js/dataTables.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/2.0.1/js/dataTables.bootstrap5.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container pt-3">
    <h1>Datatables test</h1>

    <div class="my-2">
        <table id="sample-data" class="table table-striped table-success">
            <thead class="table-dark">
                <tr>
                    <th>Name</th>
                    <th>Position</th>
                    <th>Office</th>
                    <th>Age</th>
                    <th>Start date</th>
                    <th>Salary</th>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
                    <td>System Architect</td>
                    <td>Edinburgh</td>
                    <td>61</td>
                    <td>2011-04-25</td>
                    <td>$320,800</td>
                </tr>
                <tr class="table-info">
                    <td>Garrett Winters</td>
                    <td>Accountant</td>
                    <td>Tokyo</td>
                    <td>63</td>
                    <td>2011-07-25</td>
                    <td>$170,750</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Ashton Cox</td>
                    <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
                    <td>San Francisco</td>
                    <td>66</td>
                    <td>2009-01-12</td>
                    <td>$86,000</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Cedric Kelly</td>
                    <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
                    <td>Edinburgh</td>
                    <td>22</td>
                    <td>2012-03-29</td>
                    <td>$433,060</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Airi Satou</td>
                    <td>Accountant</td>
                    <td>Tokyo</td>
                    <td>33</td>
                    <td>2008-11-28</td>
                    <td>$162,700</td>
                </tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>
    
<script>
    $(document).ready(function() {
        new DataTable('#sample-data', {});
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>

Start with the provided Bootstrap 5.3.3 and DataTables 2.0.1 example, inspecting dataTables.bootstrap5.min.css alongside Bootstrap's table-variant styles. Verify the expected colors for table-dark, table-success, and table-info, and consider the issue resolved when DataTables no longer overrides those variants.

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