jQuery Deferred objects - example

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// Based on http://www.intridea.com/blog/2011/2/8/fun-with-jquery-deferred

$.wait = function(time) {
  var deferred = $.Deferred(function(dfd) {
    setTimeout(dfd.resolve, time);
  });

  // Can return susbset of Deferred object
  // without any state mutating functionality:
  //
  // return deferred.promise()

  return deferred;
}


// Example usage
$.wait(5000).then(function() {
  alert("Hello from the future!");
});