SolrManager.prototype.promisedQuery = function(query, callback) {
var solrClient = solr.createClient(this.configuration.cores.page);

var docs = null;
var finished = false;
var deferred = Q.defer();

var request = solrClient.search(query, function(err,obj){
    if (!err) {
        if (obj.response.numFound > 0) {
            deferred.resolve(obj.response.docs);
        } else {
            deferred.resolve(null);
        }
    } else {
        deferred.reject(err);
    }
});

var records = null;
var promise = deferred.promise;
promise.then(function(result) {
    records = result;
}).fail(function(error){
    records = error;
});

return records;