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jQuery asset queing using promises
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Image Load</title>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script>
// image loading methods
$.loadImage = function(url, onLoad, onError) {
function load(deferred)
{
function _onLoad() {
off();
onLoad && onLoad(image);
deferred.resolve(image);
}
function _onError() {
off();
onError && onError(image);
deferred.reject(image);
}
function off() {
image.onload = null;
image.onerror = null;
image.onabort = null;
}
var image = new Image();
image.onload = _onLoad;
image.onerror = _onError;
image.onabort = _onError;
image.src = url;
};
return $.Deferred(load).promise();
};
$.loadImages = function(urls, onDone, onFail, onLoad, onError)
{
// convert URLs to promises
var defers = urls.map( function(url) { return $.loadImage(url, onLoad, onError); });
// load images
return ($
.when.apply(window, defers)
.done(onDone)
.fail(onFail));
}
// URLs
var urls =
[
'/animation/assets/images/objects/car.png',
'/animation/assets/images/objects/object-cash.gif',
'/animation/assets/images/objects/office-screen-10.png',
'/animation/assets/images/objects/van.png'
];
// queue load handlers
function onDone(){ console.log('loaded all images'); }
function onFail(){ console.log('failed to load images'); }
// image load handlers
function onLoad(image){ console.log('loaded ' + image.src); $('body').append($('<img />').attr('src', image.src))}
function onError(image){ console.log('could not load ' + image.src); }
// load images
$.loadImages(urls, onDone, onFail, onLoad, onError);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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