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-/*
-* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the
-* Eclipse Public License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
-* https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
-*
-* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
-*
-* Copyright Contributors to the Zowe Project.
-*
-*/
-
-import { DeferredPromise, DeferredPromiseStatus } from "../src/DeferredPromise";
-
-describe("DeferredPromise constructor", () => {
-    it("sets resolve and reject functions", () => {
-        const deferred = new DeferredPromise();
-        expect(deferred.promise).toBeInstanceOf(Promise);
-        expect(deferred.reject).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
-        expect(deferred.resolve).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
-    });
-});
-
-describe("DeferredPromise.status", () => {
-    it("returns pending when not yet resolved", () => {
-        const deferred = new DeferredPromise();
-        expect(deferred.status).toBe(DeferredPromiseStatus.Pending);
-    });
-
-    it("returns resolved when resolved", () => {
-        const deferred = new DeferredPromise();
-        deferred.resolve(null);
-        expect(deferred.status).toBe(DeferredPromiseStatus.Resolved);
-    });
-
-    it("returns rejected when rejected", async () => {
-        const deferred = new DeferredPromise();
-        let errorCaught = false;
-        setImmediate(() => deferred.reject());
-        try {
-            await deferred.promise;
-        } catch (err) {
-            errorCaught = true;
-        }
-        expect(deferred.status).toBe(DeferredPromiseStatus.Rejected);
-        expect(errorCaught).toBe(true);
-    });
-});