- getCategories: function ( title, success, err, async ) {
- var params, ok;
- params = {
- prop: 'categories',
- titles: title.toString()
- };
- if ( async === undefined ) {
- async = true;
- }
- ok = function ( data ) {
- var ret = false;
- if ( data.query && data.query.pages ) {
- $.each( data.query.pages, function ( id, page ) {
- if ( page.categories ) {
- if ( typeof ret !== 'object' ) {
- ret = [];
+ getCategories: function ( title, ok, err, async ) {
+ var d = $.Deferred();
+ // Backwards compatibility (< MW 1.20)
+ d.done( ok );
+ d.fail( err );
+
+ this.get( {
+ prop: 'categories',
+ titles: title.toString()
+ }, {
+ async: async === undefined ? true : async
+ } )
+ .done( function ( data ) {
+ var ret = false;
+ if ( data.query && data.query.pages ) {
+ $.each( data.query.pages, function ( id, page ) {
+ if ( page.categories ) {
+ if ( typeof ret !== 'object' ) {
+ ret = [];
+ }
+ $.each( page.categories, function ( i, cat ) {
+ ret.push( new mw.Title( cat.title ) );
+ } );