what is fully-fledged promise

I was going through the mongoose docs when I Stumbled upon the line saying

Mongoose queries are not promises. They have a .then() function for co
and async/await as a convenience. If you need a fully-fledged promise,
use the .exec() function.

With this example

var query = Band.findOne({name: "Guns N' Roses"});

assert.ok(!(query instanceof Promise));



// A query is not a fully-fledged promise, but it does have a `.then()`.

query.then(function (doc) {

  // use doc

});



// `.exec()` gives you a fully-fledged promise

var promise = query.exec();

assert.ok(promise instanceof Promise);



promise.then(function (doc) {

  // use doc

});

Now, I didn't get what they meant when they said fully-fledge promise, like for me .then() should be a promoise and then it also allows async and await.

So can someone please explain me what does fully-fledge promise mean?

Reference link: https://mongoosejs.com/docs/promises.html#queries-are-not-promises

asked Nov 25 '18 at 17:59

iRohitBhatia

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"like for me .then() should be a promise" - but what if there is a then but it's not a promise? We call that a thenable.

– Bergi
Nov 25 '18 at 18:26

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I was going through the mongoose docs when I Stumbled upon the line saying

Mongoose queries are not promises. They have a .then() function for co
and async/await as a convenience. If you need a fully-fledged promise,
use the .exec() function.

With this example

var query = Band.findOne({name: "Guns N' Roses"});

assert.ok(!(query instanceof Promise));



// A query is not a fully-fledged promise, but it does have a `.then()`.

query.then(function (doc) {

  // use doc

});



// `.exec()` gives you a fully-fledged promise

var promise = query.exec();

assert.ok(promise instanceof Promise);



promise.then(function (doc) {

  // use doc

});

Now, I didn't get what they meant when they said fully-fledge promise, like for me .then() should be a promoise and then it also allows async and await.

So can someone please explain me what does fully-fledge promise mean?

Reference link: https://mongoosejs.com/docs/promises.html#queries-are-not-promises

asked Nov 25 '18 at 17:59

iRohitBhatia

1,414532

"like for me .then() should be a promise" - but what if there is a then but it's not a promise? We call that a thenable.

– Bergi
Nov 25 '18 at 18:26

add a comment |

I was going through the mongoose docs when I Stumbled upon the line saying

Mongoose queries are not promises. They have a .then() function for co
and async/await as a convenience. If you need a fully-fledged promise,
use the .exec() function.

With this example

var query = Band.findOne({name: "Guns N' Roses"});

assert.ok(!(query instanceof Promise));



// A query is not a fully-fledged promise, but it does have a `.then()`.

query.then(function (doc) {

  // use doc

});



// `.exec()` gives you a fully-fledged promise

var promise = query.exec();

assert.ok(promise instanceof Promise);



promise.then(function (doc) {

  // use doc

});

Now, I didn't get what they meant when they said fully-fledge promise, like for me .then() should be a promoise and then it also allows async and await.

So can someone please explain me what does fully-fledge promise mean?

Reference link: https://mongoosejs.com/docs/promises.html#queries-are-not-promises

asked Nov 25 '18 at 17:59

iRohitBhatia

1,414532

I was going through the mongoose docs when I Stumbled upon the line saying

Mongoose queries are not promises. They have a .then() function for co
and async/await as a convenience. If you need a fully-fledged promise,
use the .exec() function.

With this example

var query = Band.findOne({name: "Guns N' Roses"});

assert.ok(!(query instanceof Promise));



// A query is not a fully-fledged promise, but it does have a `.then()`.

query.then(function (doc) {

  // use doc

});



// `.exec()` gives you a fully-fledged promise

var promise = query.exec();

assert.ok(promise instanceof Promise);



promise.then(function (doc) {

  // use doc

});

Now, I didn't get what they meant when they said fully-fledge promise, like for me .then() should be a promoise and then it also allows async and await.

So can someone please explain me what does fully-fledge promise mean?

Reference link: https://mongoosejs.com/docs/promises.html#queries-are-not-promises

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asked Nov 25 '18 at 17:59

iRohitBhatia

1,414532

asked Nov 25 '18 at 17:59

iRohitBhatia

1,414532

asked Nov 25 '18 at 17:59

iRohitBhatia

1,414532

asked Nov 25 '18 at 17:59

iRohitBhatia

1,414532

asked Nov 25 '18 at 17:59

iRohitBhatia

1,414532

"like for me .then() should be a promise" - but what if there is a then but it's not a promise? We call that a thenable.

– Bergi
Nov 25 '18 at 18:26

add a comment |

"like for me .then() should be a promise" - but what if there is a then but it's not a promise? We call that a thenable.

– Bergi
Nov 25 '18 at 18:26

"like for me .then() should be a promise" - but what if there is a then but it's not a promise? We call that a thenable.

– Bergi
Nov 25 '18 at 18:26

add a comment |

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That means that the values returned by queries are thenables per the definition of the Promises/A+ spec, but not actual Promise instances. That means they may not have all of the features of promises (for instance, catch and finally methods). Actual Promise instances would be "fully-fledged" promises.

The English term "fully-fledged" means "complete" or "fully developed." It comes from ornithology (or at least, terminology related to birds): A chick (a young bird) that has its adult feathers is "fledged;" if it has all its adult feathers completely covering its down undercoat, it's fully-fledged.

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