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Async = {};

Async.Operation = function(options) {
    options = options || {};

    var callbackQueue = [];
    var chain = (options.chain && options.chain === true) ? true : false;
    var started = false;
    var innerChain = null;
    
    this.result = undefined;
    this.state = "running";
    this.completed = false;
    
    this.yield = function(result) {
        var self = this;
        
        if (!chain) {
            self.result = result;
            self.state = "completed";
            self.completed = true;
        } else {
            started = true;
            self.result = result;
            self.state = "chain running";
            self.completed = false;
        }

        setTimeout(function() {
            if (!innerChain) {
                while (callbackQueue.length > 0) {
                    var callback = callbackQueue.shift();
                    if (chain) {
                        callbackResult = callback(self.result);
                        self.result = callbackResult;
                        if (callbackResult && callbackResult instanceof Async.Operation) {
                            innerChain = Async.chain();
                            while (callbackQueue.length > 0) {
                                innerChain.next(callbackQueue.shift());
                            }
                            innerChain.next(function(result) {
                                self.result = result;
                                self.state = "completed";
                                self.completed = true;
                                return result;
                            });
                            callbackResult.addCallback(function(result) {
                                self.result = result;
                                innerChain.go(result);
                            });
                        }
                    } else {
                        callback(self.result);
                    }
                }

                if (!innerChain) {
                    self.state = "completed";
                    self.completed = true;
                }
            } else {
                while (callbackQueue.length > 0) {
                    innerChain.next(callbackQueue.shift());
                }
                innerChain.next(function(result) {
                    self.result = result;
                    self.state = "completed";
                    self.completed = true;
                    return result;
                });
            }
        }, 1);
        return this;
    };

    this.go = function(initialArgument) {
        return this.yield(initialArgument);
    }

    this.addCallback = function(callback) {
        callbackQueue.push(callback);
        if (this.completed || (chain && started)) {
            this.yield(this.result);
        }
        return this;
    };

    this.next = function(nextFunction) {
        return this.addCallback(nextFunction);
    };
};

Async.chain = function(firstFunction) {
    var chain = new Async.Operation({ chain: true });
    if (firstFunction) {
        chain.next(firstFunction);
    }
    return chain;
};

Async.go = function(initialArgument) {
    return Async.chain().go(initialArgument);
}