To put it simply, the concept of resolve involves either achieving success or encountering failure. This triggers the execution of actions specified within the then
method and can only occur once for a given promise.
Fulfillment, on the other hand, denotes successful resolution, leading to the activation of success callbacks within the then
method. Conversely, in case of failure, the counterpart of "fulfill" is known as reject.
Viewed from another angle, the status of a promise at any given moment can be classified as either "unresolved" (or sometimes referred to as pending) or "resolved", which further branches into "fulfilled" and "rejected" sub-statuses. A promise labeled as "fulfilled" contains a value, while one labeled as "rejected" holds a reason.
The terminology and methods used to represent these concepts vary across different APIs. Unfortunately, confusion often arises due to frequent misinterpretations, such as substituting "fullfill" when actually referring to "resolve" or vice versa.
Q
My knowledge about Q might be limited, but based on my understanding, its resolve
function essentially leads to fulfilling the promise:
Utilizing resolve with a non-promise value results in the promise being fulfilled by that specific value.
A notable twist comes into play when creating promises within the API. In particular, invoking deferred.resolve
with an existing promise allows the initial promise to assimilate the state of the passed promise. This implies a somewhat peculiar scenario where a method named resolve
does not directly result in resolving the promise.