jQuery Deferred – getting result of chained ajax calls

If you know how many Ajax-Calls you have, simply use $.when()

$.when(doAjax('a'),doAjax('b'),doAjax('c'),doAjax('d'))
.then(function(result_a,result_b,result_c,result_d) {
    console.log("Result from query a: " + result_a);
    console.log("Result from query b: " + result_b);
    console.log("Result from query c: " + result_c);
    console.log("Result from query d: " + result_d);
});

If you don’t know how many ajax-calls you will have, you can manage the deferred objects by yourself.

// altered version of doAjax()
function doAjax(number,dObject) {
    var xdata = {json: $.toJSON({name: number}), delay: 1};
    $.ajax({
        url:"/echo/json/",
        data:xdata,
        type:"POST",
        success: function(data) {
            results.push(data);
            dObject.resolve();
        }
    });
}

// array that will contain all deferred objects
var deferreds = [];

// array that will contain all results
var results = [];

// make the ajax calls
for (var i = 0; i < someNumber; i++) {
    var dObject = new $.Deferred();
    deferreds.push(dObject);
    doAjax(i,dObject);
}

// check if all ajax calls have finished
$.when.apply($, deferreds).done(function() {
    console.log(results);
});

The magic comes with the function apply() which makes an array to arguments for a function.