discourse/app/assets/javascripts/preload_store.js

/**
  We can insert data into the PreloadStore when the document is loaded.
  The data can be accessed once by a key, after which it is removed

  @class PreloadStore
**/
PreloadStore = {
  data: {},

  /**
    Store an object in the store

    @method store
    @param {String} key the key to store the object with
    @param {String} value the object we're inserting into the store
  **/
  store: function(key, value) {
    this.data[key] = value;
  },

  /**
    To retrieve a key, you provide the key you want, plus a finder to load
    it if the key cannot be found. Once the key is used once, it is removed
    from the store.
    So, for example, you can't load a preloaded topic more than once.

    @method getAndRemove
    @param {String} key the key to look up the object with
    @param {function} finder a function to find the object with
    @returns {Ember.Deferred} a promise that will eventually be the object we want.
  **/
  getAndRemove: function(key, finder) {
    var preloadStore = this;
    return Ember.Deferred.promise(function(promise) {
      if (preloadStore.data[key]) {
        promise.resolve(preloadStore.data[key]);
        delete preloadStore.data[key];
      } else {

        if (finder) {
          var result = finder();

          // If the finder returns a promise, we support that too
          if (result.then) {
            result.then(function(result) {
              return promise.resolve(result);
            }, function(result) {
              return promise.reject(result);
            });
          } else {
            promise.resolve(result);
          }
        } else {
          promise.resolve(null);
        }
      }
    });
  },

  /**
    If we are sure it's preloaded, we don't have to supply a finder.
    Just returns undefined if it's not in the store.

    @method get
    @param {String} key the key to look up the object with
    @returns {Object} the object from the store
  **/
  get: function(key) {
    return this.data[key];
  },

  /**
    Removes the stored value if the key exists

    @method remove
    @param {String} key the key to remove
  **/
  remove: function(key) {
    if (this.data[key]) delete this.data[key];
  }

};