public function queryTablesAsync($options = null)
    {
        $method      = Resources::HTTP_GET;
        $headers     = array();
        $postParams  = array();
        $queryParams = array();
        $path        = 'Tables';

        if (is_null($options)) {
            $options = new QueryTablesOptions();
        } elseif (is_string($options)) {
            $prefix  = $options;
            $options = new QueryTablesOptions();
            $options->setPrefix($prefix);
        } elseif ($options instanceof Filter) {
            $filter  = $options;
            $options = new QueryTablesOptions();
            $options->setFilter($filter);
        }

        $query   = $options->getQuery();
        $next    = $options->getNextTableName();
        $prefix  = $options->getPrefix();

        if (!empty($prefix)) {
            // Append Max char to end '{' is 1 + 'z' in AsciiTable ==> upperBound
            // is prefix + '{'
            $prefixFilter = Filter::applyAnd(
                Filter::applyGe(
                    Filter::applyPropertyName('TableName'),
                    Filter::applyConstant($prefix, EdmType::STRING)
                ),
                Filter::applyLe(
                    Filter::applyPropertyName('TableName'),
                    Filter::applyConstant($prefix . '{', EdmType::STRING)
                )
            );

            if (is_null($query)) {
                $query = new Query();
            }

            if (is_null($query->getFilter())) {
                // use the prefix filter if the query filter is null
                $query->setFilter($prefixFilter);
            } else {
                // combine and use the prefix filter if the query filter exists
                $combinedFilter = Filter::applyAnd(
                    $query->getFilter(),
                    $prefixFilter
                );
                $query->setFilter($combinedFilter);
            }
        }

        $queryParams = $this->addOptionalQuery($queryParams, $query);

        $this->addOptionalQueryParam(
            $queryParams,
            Resources::QP_NEXT_TABLE_NAME,
            $next
        );
        $this->addOptionalHeader(
            $headers,
            Resources::ACCEPT_HEADER,
            $options->getAccept()
        );

        // One can specify the NextTableName option to get table entities starting
        // from the specified name. However, there appears to be an issue in the
        // Azure Table service where this does not engage on the server unless
        // $filter appears in the URL. The current behavior is to just ignore the
        // NextTableName options, which is not expected or easily detectable.
        if (array_key_exists(Resources::QP_NEXT_TABLE_NAME, $queryParams)
            && !array_key_exists(Resources::QP_FILTER, $queryParams)
        ) {
            $queryParams[Resources::QP_FILTER] = Resources::EMPTY_STRING;
        }

        $odataSerializer = $this->odataSerializer;

        return $this->sendAsync(
            $method,
            $headers,
            $queryParams,
            $postParams,
            $path,
            Resources::STATUS_OK,
            Resources::EMPTY_STRING,
            $options
        )->then(function ($response) use ($odataSerializer) {
            $tables = $odataSerializer->parseTableEntries($response->getBody());
            return QueryTablesResult::create(
                HttpFormatter::formatHeaders($response->getHeaders()),
                $tables
            );
        }, null);
    }