Promisifying values

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The Promise.resolve static method can be used to wrap values into promises.

let resolved = Promise.resolve(2);
resolved.then(value => {
    // immediately invoked
    // value === 2
});

If value is already a promise, Promise.resolve simply recasts it.

let one = new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(2), 1000));
let two = Promise.resolve(one);
two.then(value => {
    // 1 second has passed
    // value === 2
});

In fact, value can be any “thenable” (object defining a then method that works sufficiently like a spec-compliant promise). This allows Promise.resolve to convert untrusted 3rd-party objects into trusted 1st-party Promises.

let resolved = Promise.resolve({
    then(onResolved) {
        onResolved(2);
    }
});
resolved.then(value => {
    // immediately invoked
    // value === 2
});

The Promise.reject static method returns a promise which immediately rejects with the given reason.

let rejected = Promise.reject("Oops!");
rejected.catch(reason => {
    // immediately invoked
    // reason === "Oops!"
});

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