diff --git a/Implab/AbstractEvent.cs b/Implab/AbstractEvent.cs
--- a/Implab/AbstractEvent.cs
+++ b/Implab/AbstractEvent.cs
@@ -5,28 +5,61 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace Implab {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Abstract class for creation of custom one-shot thread safe events.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// <para>
+    /// An event is something that should happen in the future and the
+    /// triggering of the event causes execution of some pending actions 
+    /// which are formely event handlers. One-shot events occur only once
+    /// and any handler added after the event is triggered should run 
+    /// without a delay.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// The lifecycle of the one-shot event is tipically consists of following
+    /// phases.
+    /// <list>
+    /// <description>Pending state. This is the initial state of the event. Any
+    /// handler added to the event will be queued for the future execution.
+    /// </description>
+    /// <description>Transitional state. This is intermediate state between pending
+    /// and fulfilled states, during this state internal initialization and storing
+    /// of the result occurs.
+    /// </description>
+    /// <description>Fulfilled state. The event contains the result, all queued
+    /// handlers are signalled to run and newly added handlers are executed
+    /// immediatelly.
+    /// </description>
+    /// </list>
+    /// </para>
+    /// </remarks>
     public abstract class AbstractEvent<THandler> where THandler : class {
-
         const int PENDING_SATE = 0;
-        protected const int TRANSITIONAL_STATE = 1;
 
-        protected const int SUCCEEDED_STATE = 2;
-        protected const int REJECTED_STATE = 3;
+        const int TRANSITIONAL_STATE = 1;
+
+        const int FULFILLED_STATE = 2;
 
         volatile int m_state;
-        Exception m_error;
 
         THandler m_handler;
         SimpleAsyncQueue<THandler> m_extraHandlers;
 
+        public bool IsFulfilled {
+            get {
+                return m_state > TRANSITIONAL_STATE;
+            }
+        }
+
         #region state managment
         protected bool BeginTransit() {
             return PENDING_SATE == Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref m_state, TRANSITIONAL_STATE, PENDING_SATE);
         }
 
-        protected void CompleteTransit(int state) {
+        protected void CompleteTransit() {
 #if DEBUG
-            if (TRANSITIONAL_STATE != Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref m_state, state, TRANSITIONAL_STATE))
+            if (TRANSITIONAL_STATE != Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref m_state, FULFILLED_STATE, TRANSITIONAL_STATE))
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("Can't complete transition when the object isn't in the transitional state");
 #else
             m_state = state;
@@ -43,47 +76,13 @@ namespace Implab {
             }
         }
 
-        protected bool BeginSetResult() {
-            if (!BeginTransit()) {
-                WaitTransition();
-                return false;
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
 
-        protected void EndSetResult() {
-            CompleteTransit(SUCCEEDED_STATE);
-        }
-
-
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Выполняет обещание, сообщая об ошибке
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// Поскольку обещание должно работать в многопточной среде, при его выполнении сразу несколько потоков
-        /// могу вернуть ошибку, при этом только первая будет использована в качестве результата, остальные
-        /// будут проигнорированы.
-        /// </remarks>
-        /// <param name="error">Исключение возникшее при выполнении операции</param>
-        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Данное обещание уже выполнено</exception>
-        protected void SetError(Exception error) {
-            if (BeginTransit()) {
-                m_error = error;
-                CompleteTransit(REJECTED_STATE);
-            } else {
-                WaitTransition();
-                if (m_state == SUCCEEDED_STATE)
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException("The promise is already resolved");
-            }
-        }
-
-        protected abstract void SignalHandler(THandler handler, int signal);
+        protected abstract void SignalHandler(THandler handler);
 
         void Signal() {
             THandler handler;
             while (TryDequeueHandler(out handler))
-                SignalHandler(handler, m_state);
+                SignalHandler(handler);
         }
 
         #endregion
@@ -94,46 +93,41 @@ namespace Implab {
         protected void WaitResult(int timeout) {
             if (!(IsFulfilled || GetFulfillSignal().Wait(timeout)))
                 throw new TimeoutException();
-
-            if (IsRejected)
-                Rethrow();
         }
 
-        protected void Rethrow() {
-            Debug.Assert(m_error != null);
-            if (m_error is OperationCanceledException)
-                throw new OperationCanceledException("Operation cancelled", m_error);
-            else
-                throw new TargetInvocationException(m_error);
-        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region handlers managment
 
         protected void AddHandler(THandler handler) {
 
-            if (m_state > 1) {
+            if (IsFulfilled) {
                 // the promise is in the resolved state, just invoke the handler
-                SignalHandler(handler, m_state);
+                SignalHandler(handler);
             } else {
-                if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref m_handler, handler, null) != null) {
-                    if (m_extraHandlers == null)
-                        // compare-exchange will fprotect from loosing already created queue
-                        Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref m_extraHandlers, new SimpleAsyncQueue<THandler>(), null);
-                    m_extraHandlers.Enqueue(handler);
-                }
+                EnqueueHandler(handler);
 
-                if (m_state > 1 && TryDequeueHandler(out handler))
+                if (IsFulfilled && TryDequeueHandler(out handler))
                     // if the promise have been resolved while we was adding the handler to the queue
                     // we can't guarantee that someone is still processing it
                     // therefore we need to fetch a handler from the queue and execute it
                     // note that fetched handler may be not the one that we have added
                     // even we can fetch no handlers at all :)
-                    SignalHandler(handler, m_state);
+                    SignalHandler(handler);
             }
 
         }
 
+        void EnqueueHandler(THandler handler) {
+            if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref m_handler, handler, null) != null) {
+                if (m_extraHandlers == null)
+                    // compare-exchange will protect from loosing already created queue
+                    Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref m_extraHandlers, new SimpleAsyncQueue<THandler>(), null);
+                m_extraHandlers.Enqueue(handler);
+            }
+        }
+
         bool TryDequeueHandler(out THandler handler) {
             handler = Interlocked.Exchange(ref m_handler, null);
             if (handler != null)
@@ -142,29 +136,6 @@ namespace Implab {
         }
 
         #endregion
-
-        #region IPromise implementation
-
-        public bool IsFulfilled {
-            get {
-                return m_state > TRANSITIONAL_STATE;
-            }
-        }
-
-        public bool IsRejected {
-            get {
-                return m_state == REJECTED_STATE;
-            }
-        }
-
-        #endregion
-
-        public Exception RejectReason {
-            get {
-                return m_error;
-            }
-        }
-
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Implab/AbstractPromise.cs b/Implab/AbstractPromise.cs
--- a/Implab/AbstractPromise.cs
+++ b/Implab/AbstractPromise.cs
@@ -1,50 +1,77 @@
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Reflection;
 using Implab.Parallels;
 
 namespace Implab {
     public abstract class AbstractPromise : AbstractEvent<AbstractPromise.HandlerDescriptor>, IPromise {
         public class HandlerDescriptor {
-            readonly Action m_handler;
-            readonly Action<Exception> m_error;
+            readonly Action m_resolve;
+            readonly Action<Exception> m_reject;
+
+            readonly IDeferred m_deferred;
             public HandlerDescriptor(Action success, Action<Exception> error) {
-                m_handler = success;
-                m_error = error;
+                m_resolve = success;
+                m_reject = error;
             }
 
             public void SignalSuccess() {
-                if (m_handler != null) {
-                    try {
-                        m_handler();
-                        // Analysis disable once EmptyGeneralCatchClause
-                    } catch {
-                    }
+                try {
+                    if (m_resolve != null)
+                        m_resolve();
+                    m_deferred.Resolve();
+                } catch (Exception ex) {
+                    m_deferred.Reject(ex);
                 }
             }
 
             public void SignalError(Exception err) {
-                if (m_error != null) {
+                if (m_reject != null) {
                     try {
-                        m_error(err);
-                        // Analysis disable once EmptyGeneralCatchClause
-                    } catch {
+                        m_reject(err);
+                        m_deferred.Resolve();
+                    } catch (Exception ex) {
+                        m_deferred.Reject(ex);
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
 
+        PromiseState m_state;
+
+        Exception m_error;
+
+        public bool IsRejected {
+            get {
+                return m_state == PromiseState.Rejected;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool IsResolved {
+            get {
+                return m_state == PromiseState.Resolved;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Exception RejectReason {
+            get {
+                return m_error;
+            }
+        }
+
 
         #region implemented abstract members of AbstractPromise
 
-        protected override void SignalHandler(HandlerDescriptor handler, int signal) {
-            switch (signal) {
-                case SUCCEEDED_STATE:
+        protected override void SignalHandler(HandlerDescriptor handler) {
+            switch (m_state) {
+                case PromiseState.Resolved:
                     handler.SignalSuccess();
                     break;
-                case REJECTED_STATE:
+                case PromiseState.Rejected:
                     handler.SignalError(RejectReason);
                     break;
                 default:
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format("Invalid promise signal: {0}", signal));
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format("Invalid promise signal: {0}", m_state));
             }
         }
 
@@ -56,12 +83,47 @@ namespace Implab {
 
         #endregion
 
+        protected void CompleteResolve() {
+            m_state = PromiseState.Resolved;
+            CompleteTransit();
+        }
+
         public Type ResultType {
             get {
                 return typeof(void);
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Выполняет обещание, сообщая об ошибке
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Поскольку обещание должно работать в многопточной среде, при его выполнении сразу несколько потоков
+        /// могу вернуть ошибку, при этом только первая будет использована в качестве результата, остальные
+        /// будут проигнорированы.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <param name="error">Исключение возникшее при выполнении операции</param>
+        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Данное обещание уже выполнено</exception>
+        protected void SetError(Exception error) {
+            if (BeginTransit()) {
+                m_error = error;
+                m_state = PromiseState.Rejected;
+                CompleteTransit();
+            } else {
+                WaitTransition();
+                if (m_state == PromiseState.Resolved)
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("The promise is already resolved");
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected void Rethrow() {
+            Debug.Assert(m_error != null);
+            if (m_error is OperationCanceledException)
+                throw new OperationCanceledException("Operation cancelled", m_error);
+            else
+                throw new TargetInvocationException(m_error);
+        }
+
         public void On(Action success, Action<Exception> error) {
             AddHandler(new HandlerDescriptor(success, error));
         }
@@ -72,16 +134,13 @@ namespace Implab {
 
         public void Join() {
             WaitResult(-1);
+            if (IsRejected)
+                Rethrow();
         }
 
         public void Join(int timeout) {
             WaitResult(timeout);
         }
-
-        protected void SetResult() {
-            if(BeginSetResult())
-                EndSetResult();
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Implab/IPromise.cs b/Implab/IPromise.cs
--- a/Implab/IPromise.cs
+++ b/Implab/IPromise.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 
 namespace Implab {
-    public interface IPromise: ICancellable {
+    public interface IPromise {
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Тип результата, получаемого через данное обещание.
diff --git a/Implab/Promise.cs b/Implab/Promise.cs
--- a/Implab/Promise.cs
+++ b/Implab/Promise.cs
@@ -2,24 +2,24 @@
 using Implab.Parallels;
 
 namespace Implab {
-    public class Promise : AbstractPromise, IDeferred {
+    public class Promise : AbstractPromise {
         public static readonly IPromise Success;
 
         static Promise() {
             Success = new SuccessPromise();
         }
 
-        public void Resolve() {
+        internal void ResolvePromise() {
             SetResult();
         }
 
-        public void Reject(Exception error) {
+        internal void RejectPromise(Exception error) {
             SetError(error);
-        }
-
-        public static IPromise FromException(Exception exception) {
-            return new FailedPromise(exception);
-        }
+        }
+
+        public static IPromise Reject(Exception exception) {
+            return new FailedPromise(exception);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Implab/PromiseState.cs b/Implab/PromiseState.cs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Implab/PromiseState.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace Implab {
+    public enum PromiseState {
+        Pending,
+
+        Resolved,
+
+        Rejected
+    }
+}
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