dojo/promise/Promise

authors:Mark Wubben since:V1.8

Contents

• dojo/promise/Promise
  • Introduction
  • Usage
  • See also

dojo/promise/Promise is the abstract base class that defines Dojo Promises.

Introduction

dojo/promise/Promise defines the Dojo Promises API and is an abstract class. dojo/Deferred for example implements the class. The class is intended to encapsulate communication between asynchronous threads.

Usage

Since it is an abstract class, direct usage doesn’t make sense. Developers want to create asynchronous processes should inherit from this class and implement the abstract methods:

define(["dojo/promise/Promise", "dojo/_base/declare"], function(Promise, declare){
  return declare([Promise], {
    then: function(){
      // Implementation of .then()
    },
    cancel: function(){
      // Implementation of .cancel()
    },
    isResolved: function(){
      // Implementation of .isResolved()
    },
    isRejected: function(){
      // Implementation of .isRejected()
    },
    isFulfilled: function(){
      // Implementation of .isFulfilled()
    },
    isCanceled: function(){
      // Implementation of .isCanceled()
    }
  });
});

define(["dojo/promise/Promise", "dojo/_base/declare"], function(Promise, declare){ return declare([Promise], { then: function(){ // Implementation of .then() }, cancel: function(){ // Implementation of .cancel() }, isResolved: function(){ // Implementation of .isResolved() }, isRejected: function(){ // Implementation of .isRejected() }, isFulfilled: function(){ // Implementation of .isFulfilled() }, isCanceled: function(){ // Implementation of .isCanceled() } }); });

The API is defined below:

then()

Adds callbacks to the Promise, takes the following arguments:

Argument	Type	Description
callback	Function?	The function that should be called when the promise is resolved.
errback	Function?	The function that should be called when the promise is rejected.
progback	Function?	The function that should be called when the promise has progress.

Should return a new promise with the callbacks applied.

cancel()

Lets a consumer of a promise signal that it is no longer interested in the result. A deferred should also cancel the operation if possible. It takes a single argument:

Argument	Type	Description
reason	Mixed?	May be sent to the deferred’s canceller as the reason for the cancellation

isResolved()

Should return true if the promise is resolved, otherwise false.

isRejected()

Should return true if the promise has been rejected, otherwise false.

isFulfilled()

Should return true if the promise is fulfilled (resolve, rejected or cancelled), otherwise false.

isCanceled()

Should return true if the promise has been cancelled, otherwise false.

otherwise()

Adds an error callback to a promise and should return a promise with the error callback applied. It takes a single argument:

Argument	Type	Description
errback	Function?	The function that should be called when the promise is rejected.

always()

Adds a single callback to operate in the case of resolution or rejection. It takes a single argument:

Argument	Type	Description
callbackOrErrback	Function?	The function that should be called on resolution or rejection.

trace()

Trace the promise. Any supplied arguments are emitted in trace events. It returns the original promise.

traceRejected()

Trace rejection of the promise. Any supplied arguments are emitted in trace events. It returns the original promise.

See also

• dojo/promise - The rest of the Dojo Promise API
• dojo/Deferred - An implementation of the the Promise class
• dojo/when - Used for transparently managing promises and other arbitrary values

Table of Contents

• dojo/promise/Promise
  • Introduction
  • Usage
    • then()
    • cancel()
    • isResolved()
    • isRejected()
    • isFulfilled()
    • isCanceled()
    • otherwise()
    • always()
    • trace()
    • traceRejected()
  • See also