jQuery.extend({ Deferred: function( func ) { var tuples = [ // action, add listener, listener list, final state [ "resolve", "done", jQuery.Callbacks("once memory"), "resolved" ], [ "reject", "fail", jQuery.Callbacks("once memory"), "rejected" ], [ "notify", "progress", jQuery.Callbacks("memory") ] ], state = "pending", promise = { state: function() { return state; }, always: function() { deferred.done( arguments ).fail( arguments ); return this; }, then: function( /* fnDone, fnFail, fnProgress */ ) { var fns = arguments; return jQuery.Deferred(function( newDefer ) { jQuery.each( tuples, function( i, tuple ) { var action = tuple[ 0 ], fn = fns[ i ]; // deferred[ done | fail | progress ] for forwarding actions to newDefer deferred[ tuple[1] ]( jQuery.isFunction( fn ) ? function() { var returned = fn.apply( this, arguments ); if ( returned && jQuery.isFunction( returned.promise ) ) { returned.promise() .done( newDefer.resolve ) .fail( newDefer.reject ) .progress( newDefer.notify ); } else { newDefer[ action + "With" ]( this === deferred ? newDefer : this, [ returned ] ); } } : newDefer[ action ] ); }); fns = null; }).promise(); }, // Get a promise for this deferred // If obj is provided, the promise aspect is added to the object promise: function( obj ) { return obj != null ? jQuery.extend( obj, promise ) : promise; } }, deferred = {}; // Keep pipe for back-compat promise.pipe = promise.then; // Add list-specific methods jQuery.each( tuples, function( i, tuple ) { var list = tuple[ 2 ], stateString = tuple[ 3 ]; // promise[ done | fail | progress ] = list.add promise[ tuple[1] ] = list.add; // Handle state if ( stateString ) { list.add(function() { // state = [ resolved | rejected ] state = stateString; // [ reject_list | resolve_list ].disable; progress_list.lock }, tuples[ i ^ 1 ][ 2 ].disable, tuples[ 2 ][ 2 ].lock ); } // deferred[ resolve | reject | notify ] = list.fire deferred[ tuple[0] ] = list.fire; deferred[ tuple[0] + "With" ] = list.fireWith; }); // Make the deferred a promise promise.promise( deferred ); // Call given func if any if ( func ) { func.call( deferred, deferred ); } // All done! return deferred; }, // Deferred helper when: function( subordinate /* , ..., subordinateN */ ) { var i = 0, resolveValues = core_slice.call( arguments ), length = resolveValues.length, // the count of uncompleted subordinates remaining = length !== 1 || ( subordinate && jQuery.isFunction( subordinate.promise ) ) ? length : 0, // the master Deferred. If resolveValues consist of only a single Deferred, just use that. deferred = remaining === 1 ? subordinate : jQuery.Deferred(), // Update function for both resolve and progress values updateFunc = function( i, contexts, values ) { return function( value ) { contexts[ i ] = this; values[ i ] = arguments.length > 1 ? core_slice.call( arguments ) : value; if( values === progressValues ) { deferred.notifyWith( contexts, values ); } else if ( !( --remaining ) ) { deferred.resolveWith( contexts, values ); } }; }, progressValues, progressContexts, resolveContexts; // add listeners to Deferred subordinates; treat others as resolved if ( length > 1 ) { progressValues = new Array( length ); progressContexts = new Array( length ); resolveContexts = new Array( length ); for ( ; i < length; i++ ) { if ( resolveValues[ i ] && jQuery.isFunction( resolveValues[ i ].promise ) ) { resolveValues[ i ].promise() .done( updateFunc( i, resolveContexts, resolveValues ) ) .fail( deferred.reject ) .progress( updateFunc( i, progressContexts, progressValues ) ); } else { --remaining; } } } // if we're not waiting on anything, resolve the master if ( !remaining ) { deferred.resolveWith( resolveContexts, resolveValues ); } return deferred.promise(); } });