J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
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| 25 | /* |
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| 29 | * file: |
| 30 | * |
| 31 | * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 |
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| 34 | */ |
| 35 | |
| 36 | package java.util; |
| 37 | |
| 38 | /** |
| 39 | * A collection designed for holding elements prior to processing. |
| 40 | * Besides basic {@link java.util.Collection Collection} operations, |
| 41 | * queues provide additional insertion, extraction, and inspection |
| 42 | * operations. Each of these methods exists in two forms: one throws |
| 43 | * an exception if the operation fails, the other returns a special |
| 44 | * value (either <tt>null</tt> or <tt>false</tt>, depending on the |
| 45 | * operation). The latter form of the insert operation is designed |
| 46 | * specifically for use with capacity-restricted <tt>Queue</tt> |
| 47 | * implementations; in most implementations, insert operations cannot |
| 48 | * fail. |
| 49 | * |
| 50 | * <p> |
| 51 | * <table BORDER CELLPADDING=3 CELLSPACING=1> |
| 52 | * <tr> |
| 53 | * <td></td> |
| 54 | * <td ALIGN=CENTER><em>Throws exception</em></td> |
| 55 | * <td ALIGN=CENTER><em>Returns special value</em></td> |
| 56 | * </tr> |
| 57 | * <tr> |
| 58 | * <td><b>Insert</b></td> |
| 59 | * <td>{@link #add add(e)}</td> |
| 60 | * <td>{@link #offer offer(e)}</td> |
| 61 | * </tr> |
| 62 | * <tr> |
| 63 | * <td><b>Remove</b></td> |
| 64 | * <td>{@link #remove remove()}</td> |
| 65 | * <td>{@link #poll poll()}</td> |
| 66 | * </tr> |
| 67 | * <tr> |
| 68 | * <td><b>Examine</b></td> |
| 69 | * <td>{@link #element element()}</td> |
| 70 | * <td>{@link #peek peek()}</td> |
| 71 | * </tr> |
| 72 | * </table> |
| 73 | * |
| 74 | * <p>Queues typically, but do not necessarily, order elements in a |
| 75 | * FIFO (first-in-first-out) manner. Among the exceptions are |
| 76 | * priority queues, which order elements according to a supplied |
| 77 | * comparator, or the elements' natural ordering, and LIFO queues (or |
| 78 | * stacks) which order the elements LIFO (last-in-first-out). |
| 79 | * Whatever the ordering used, the <em>head</em> of the queue is that |
| 80 | * element which would be removed by a call to {@link #remove() } or |
| 81 | * {@link #poll()}. In a FIFO queue, all new elements are inserted at |
| 82 | * the <em> tail</em> of the queue. Other kinds of queues may use |
| 83 | * different placement rules. Every <tt>Queue</tt> implementation |
| 84 | * must specify its ordering properties. |
| 85 | * |
| 86 | * <p>The {@link #offer offer} method inserts an element if possible, |
| 87 | * otherwise returning <tt>false</tt>. This differs from the {@link |
| 88 | * java.util.Collection#add Collection.add} method, which can fail to |
| 89 | * add an element only by throwing an unchecked exception. The |
| 90 | * <tt>offer</tt> method is designed for use when failure is a normal, |
| 91 | * rather than exceptional occurrence, for example, in fixed-capacity |
| 92 | * (or "bounded") queues. |
| 93 | * |
| 94 | * <p>The {@link #remove()} and {@link #poll()} methods remove and |
| 95 | * return the head of the queue. |
| 96 | * Exactly which element is removed from the queue is a |
| 97 | * function of the queue's ordering policy, which differs from |
| 98 | * implementation to implementation. The <tt>remove()</tt> and |
| 99 | * <tt>poll()</tt> methods differ only in their behavior when the |
| 100 | * queue is empty: the <tt>remove()</tt> method throws an exception, |
| 101 | * while the <tt>poll()</tt> method returns <tt>null</tt>. |
| 102 | * |
| 103 | * <p>The {@link #element()} and {@link #peek()} methods return, but do |
| 104 | * not remove, the head of the queue. |
| 105 | * |
| 106 | * <p>The <tt>Queue</tt> interface does not define the <i>blocking queue |
| 107 | * methods</i>, which are common in concurrent programming. These methods, |
| 108 | * which wait for elements to appear or for space to become available, are |
| 109 | * defined in the {@link java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue} interface, which |
| 110 | * extends this interface. |
| 111 | * |
| 112 | * <p><tt>Queue</tt> implementations generally do not allow insertion |
| 113 | * of <tt>null</tt> elements, although some implementations, such as |
| 114 | * {@link LinkedList}, do not prohibit insertion of <tt>null</tt>. |
| 115 | * Even in the implementations that permit it, <tt>null</tt> should |
| 116 | * not be inserted into a <tt>Queue</tt>, as <tt>null</tt> is also |
| 117 | * used as a special return value by the <tt>poll</tt> method to |
| 118 | * indicate that the queue contains no elements. |
| 119 | * |
| 120 | * <p><tt>Queue</tt> implementations generally do not define |
| 121 | * element-based versions of methods <tt>equals</tt> and |
| 122 | * <tt>hashCode</tt> but instead inherit the identity based versions |
| 123 | * from class <tt>Object</tt>, because element-based equality is not |
| 124 | * always well-defined for queues with the same elements but different |
| 125 | * ordering properties. |
| 126 | * |
| 127 | * |
| 128 | * <p>This interface is a member of the |
| 129 | * <a href="{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/collections/index.html"> |
| 130 | * Java Collections Framework</a>. |
| 131 | * |
| 132 | * @see java.util.Collection |
| 133 | * @see LinkedList |
| 134 | * @see PriorityQueue |
| 135 | * @see java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue |
| 136 | * @see java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue |
| 137 | * @see java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue |
| 138 | * @see java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue |
| 139 | * @see java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue |
| 140 | * @since 1.5 |
| 141 | * @author Doug Lea |
| 142 | * @param <E> the type of elements held in this collection |
| 143 | */ |
| 144 | public interface Queue<E> extends Collection<E> { |
| 145 | /** |
| 146 | * Inserts the specified element into this queue if it is possible to do so |
| 147 | * immediately without violating capacity restrictions, returning |
| 148 | * <tt>true</tt> upon success and throwing an <tt>IllegalStateException</tt> |
| 149 | * if no space is currently available. |
| 150 | * |
| 151 | * @param e the element to add |
| 152 | * @return <tt>true</tt> (as specified by {@link Collection#add}) |
| 153 | * @throws IllegalStateException if the element cannot be added at this |
| 154 | * time due to capacity restrictions |
| 155 | * @throws ClassCastException if the class of the specified element |
| 156 | * prevents it from being added to this queue |
| 157 | * @throws NullPointerException if the specified element is null and |
| 158 | * this queue does not permit null elements |
| 159 | * @throws IllegalArgumentException if some property of this element |
| 160 | * prevents it from being added to this queue |
| 161 | */ |
| 162 | boolean add(E e); |
| 163 | |
| 164 | /** |
| 165 | * Inserts the specified element into this queue if it is possible to do |
| 166 | * so immediately without violating capacity restrictions. |
| 167 | * When using a capacity-restricted queue, this method is generally |
| 168 | * preferable to {@link #add}, which can fail to insert an element only |
| 169 | * by throwing an exception. |
| 170 | * |
| 171 | * @param e the element to add |
| 172 | * @return <tt>true</tt> if the element was added to this queue, else |
| 173 | * <tt>false</tt> |
| 174 | * @throws ClassCastException if the class of the specified element |
| 175 | * prevents it from being added to this queue |
| 176 | * @throws NullPointerException if the specified element is null and |
| 177 | * this queue does not permit null elements |
| 178 | * @throws IllegalArgumentException if some property of this element |
| 179 | * prevents it from being added to this queue |
| 180 | */ |
| 181 | boolean offer(E e); |
| 182 | |
| 183 | /** |
| 184 | * Retrieves and removes the head of this queue. This method differs |
| 185 | * from {@link #poll poll} only in that it throws an exception if this |
| 186 | * queue is empty. |
| 187 | * |
| 188 | * @return the head of this queue |
| 189 | * @throws NoSuchElementException if this queue is empty |
| 190 | */ |
| 191 | E remove(); |
| 192 | |
| 193 | /** |
| 194 | * Retrieves and removes the head of this queue, |
| 195 | * or returns <tt>null</tt> if this queue is empty. |
| 196 | * |
| 197 | * @return the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt> if this queue is empty |
| 198 | */ |
| 199 | E poll(); |
| 200 | |
| 201 | /** |
| 202 | * Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue. This method |
| 203 | * differs from {@link #peek peek} only in that it throws an exception |
| 204 | * if this queue is empty. |
| 205 | * |
| 206 | * @return the head of this queue |
| 207 | * @throws NoSuchElementException if this queue is empty |
| 208 | */ |
| 209 | E element(); |
| 210 | |
| 211 | /** |
| 212 | * Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue, |
| 213 | * or returns <tt>null</tt> if this queue is empty. |
| 214 | * |
| 215 | * @return the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt> if this queue is empty |
| 216 | */ |
| 217 | E peek(); |
| 218 | } |