return json object fron function

Question

I am trying to return a json object from a function and use it as the below code, but it's not working. what wrong with it?

var x = [ "EditFileName" , "dosometing" ];
c_loadAjax.apply(this,x).done(function(json){
 alert(json.error);
});
function c_loadAjax( post , option ){
 $.ajax({
 type:"POST",
 url:"/includes/Ajax.php",
 data:{post:post,option:option},
 error:function(result){
 return '{"error":"Error"}';
 },
 success:function(result){
 return jQuery.parseJSON(result);
 }
 });
}

• sofl: I think you have to return the deferred object itself to use it with .done

Answer 1

Try with the return keyword

var x = [ "EditFileName" , "dosometing" ];
c_loadAjax.apply(this,x).done(function(json){
 alert(json.error);
});
function c_loadAjax( post , option ){
 return $.ajax({
 type:"POST",
 url:"/includes/Ajax.php",
 data:{post:post,option:option},
 error:function(result){
 return '{"error":"Error"}';
 },
 success:function(result){
 return jQuery.parseJSON(result);
 }
 });
}

• kamal: it's actually returning data as json and works fine. but is it really okey to use it like this?
• MathKimRobin: no, prefer ask for datatype:'json' in your request and give callbacks (success and fail functions) to your c_loadAjax as parameters