why promise function use in javascript code example

Example: js promise examples

//Promise to load a file...
//use with openFile(url, fCallback);
//fCallback(fileContents){ //do something with fileContents}
const loadFile = url => {
    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
        //Open a new XHR
        var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
        request.open('GET', url);
        // When the request loads, check whether it was successful
        request.onload = function() {
            if (request.status === 200) {
                // If successful, resolve the promise
                resolve(request.response);
            } else {
                // Otherwise, reject the promise
                reject(Error('An error occurred while loading image. error code:' + request.statusText));
            }
        };
        request.send();
    });
};
const openFile = (url, processor) => {
    loadFile(url).then(function(result) {
            processor(result);
        },
        function(err) {
            console.log(err);
        });
};