Deferred Stack with functions all taking the same arguments (interceptor stack really).

jquery.deferredStack.js

define(["jquery/1.5.1/jquery"], function($) {
	//
	// This function executes a list of promise returning functions all given the same args
	// If you specify a scope, the list may contain string names instead of function references.
	// It returns a Promise
	//
	var executeDeferredStack = $.executeDeferredStack = function(functionStack, args, scope) {
		var dfd = $.Deferred();
		var lastFunc = function() {
			dfd.resolve(arguments);
		};
		var failFunc = function() {
			dfd.fail(arguments);
		};
		var scope = scope || this;
	    if (functionStack && functionStack.length) {
	    	//copy and reverse the stack.
	        var stack = functionStack.slice(0).reverse();
	        for (var i = 0;i < stack.length;i++) {
	            var f = lastFunc;
	            lastFunc = function() {
	                if ($.isFunction(stack[i])) {
	                    stack[i].apply(scope, args).then(f, failFunc);
	                } else {
	                	scope[stack[i]].apply(scope, args).then(f, failFunc);
	                }
	            };
	        };
	    }
	    lastFunc();
	    return dfd.promise();
	};
	return executeDeferredStack;
});