(function( jQuery ) {

var // Promise methods
	promiseMethods = "done removeDone fail removeFail progress removeProgress isResolved isRejected promise then always pipe".split( " " ),
	// Static reference to slice
	sliceDeferred = [].slice;

jQuery.extend({

	Deferred: function( func ) {
		var doneList = jQuery.Callbacks( "once memory" ),
			failList = jQuery.Callbacks( "once memory" ),
			progressList = jQuery.Callbacks( "memory" ),
			promise,
			deferred = {
				// Copy existing methods from lists
				done: doneList.add,
				removeDone: doneList.remove,
				fail: failList.add,
				removeFail: failList.remove,
				progress: progressList.add,
				removeProgress: progressList.remove,
				resolve: doneList.fire,
				resolveWith: doneList.fireWith,
				reject: failList.fire,
				rejectWith: failList.fireWith,
				ping: progressList.fire,
				pingWith: progressList.fireWith,
				isResolved: doneList.fired,
				isRejected: failList.fired,

				// Create Deferred-specific methods
				then: function( doneCallbacks, failCallbacks, progressCallbacks ) {
					deferred.done( doneCallbacks ).fail( failCallbacks ).progress( progressCallbacks );
					return this;
				},
				always: function() {
					return deferred.done.apply( deferred, arguments ).fail.apply( this, arguments );
				},
				pipe: function( fnDone, fnFail, fnProgress ) {
					return jQuery.Deferred(function( newDefer ) {
						jQuery.each( {
							done: [ fnDone, "resolve" ],
							fail: [ fnFail, "reject" ],
							progress: [ fnProgress, "ping" ]
						}, function( handler, data ) {
							var fn = data[ 0 ],
								action = data[ 1 ],
								returned;
							if ( jQuery.isFunction( fn ) ) {
								deferred[ handler ](function() {
									returned = fn.apply( this, arguments );
									if ( returned && jQuery.isFunction( returned.promise ) ) {
										returned.promise().then( newDefer.resolve, newDefer.reject, newDefer.ping );
									} else {
										newDefer[ action ]( returned );
									}
								});
							} else {
								deferred[ handler ]( newDefer[ action ] );
							}
						});
					}).promise();
				},
				// Get a promise for this deferred
				// If obj is provided, the promise aspect is added to the object
				promise: function( obj ) {
					if ( obj == null ) {
						if ( promise ) {
							return promise;
						}
						promise = obj = {};
					}
					var i = promiseMethods.length;
					while( i-- ) {
						obj[ promiseMethods[i] ] = deferred[ promiseMethods[i] ];
					}
					return obj;
				}
			};

		// Handle lists exclusiveness
		deferred.done( failList.disable, progressList.lock )
			.fail( doneList.disable, progressList.lock );

		// Call given func if any
		if ( func ) {
			func.call( deferred, deferred );
		}

		// All done!
		return deferred;
	},

	// Deferred helper
	when: function( firstParam ) {
		var args = sliceDeferred.call( arguments, 0 ),
			i = 0,
			length = args.length,
			pValues = new Array( length ),
			count = length,
			pCount = length,
			deferred = length <= 1 && firstParam && jQuery.isFunction( firstParam.promise ) ?
				firstParam :
				jQuery.Deferred(),
			promise = deferred.promise();
		function resolveFunc( i ) {
			return function( value ) {
				args[ i ] = arguments.length > 1 ? sliceDeferred.call( arguments, 0 ) : value;
				if ( !( --count ) ) {
					deferred.resolveWith( deferred, args );
				}
			};
		}
		function progressFunc( i ) {
			return function( value ) {
				pValues[ i ] = arguments.length > 1 ? sliceDeferred.call( arguments, 0 ) : value;
				deferred.pingWith( promise, pValues );
			};
		}
		if ( length > 1 ) {
			for( ; i < length; i++ ) {
				if ( args[ i ] && args[ i ].promise && jQuery.isFunction( args[ i ].promise ) ) {
					args[ i ].promise().then( resolveFunc(i), deferred.reject, progressFunc(i) );
				} else {
					--count;
				}
			}
			if ( !count ) {
				deferred.resolveWith( deferred, args );
			}
		} else if ( deferred !== firstParam ) {
			deferred.resolveWith( deferred, length ? [ firstParam ] : [] );
		}
		return promise;
	}
});

})( jQuery );