JQuery deferred.promise()

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script.js

function asyncEvent() {
  var dfd = new jQuery.Deferred();
 
  // Resolve after a random interval
  setTimeout(function() {
    dfd.resolve( "hurray" );
  }, Math.floor( 400 + Math.random() * 2000 ) );
 
  // Reject after a random interval
  setTimeout(function() {
    dfd.reject( "sorry" );
  }, Math.floor( 400 + Math.random() * 2000 ) );
 
  // Show a "working..." message every half-second
  setTimeout(function working() {
    if ( dfd.state() === "pending" ) {
      dfd.notify( "working... " );
      setTimeout( working, 500 );
    }
  }, 1 );
 
  // Return the Promise so caller can't change the Deferred
  return dfd.promise();
}
 
// Attach a done, fail, and progress handler for the asyncEvent
$.when( asyncEvent() ).then(
  function( status ) {
    alert( status + ", things are going well" );
  },
  function( status ) {
    alert( status + ", you fail this time" );
  },
  function( status ) {
    $( "body" ).append( status );
  }
);