The following example code works well:

Auth_controller.prototype.isLogged = function(){ 

    //Check if the user is authenticated 

    var getAuthStatus = this.auth_model.fetch(); 

    return getAuthStatus; 

}; 



Auth_controller.prototype.redirect = function(fragment, args, next){ 



    var getAuthStatus = this.isLogged(); 

    var self = this; 



    $.when(getAuthStatus).then(function(response){ 

        //Do something with the response 

    }

}); 

This doesn't seem to work for a Collection though.

When I console log the collection, I get an empty collection back.

I know that I can use the success callback function from within the method (tested that already), but I don't want to do that, because I want the function to return a promise that I can call from other functions as well.

Edit -> No, sorry it doesn't work in the success callback either so it seems.

Any suggestions for a workaround ?

Edit;

This image shows what is returned from the model and collection fetch methods.

Unless I'm doing something wrong that is obvious, I don't understand why this happens.

When console logging the returned response in the success callback, I see that the empty object as shown in the screenshot, gets populated.

Edit2:

This is what my collection looks like:

define([

  /*--- libraries ---*/

  'jquery',     

  'underscore', 

  'backbone', 



  /*--- model ---*/

  'models/users/role_model'



], function($, _, Backbone, 

                Role_model){



    var Role_collection = Backbone.Collection.extend({ 

        url: '/ingeb/api_v1/users/roles', 

        model: Role_model 

    }); 



    return Role_collection; 



});