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| 25 | +/* | |
| 26 | + * This file is available under and governed by the GNU General Public | |
| 27 | + * License version 2 only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. | |
| 28 | + * However, the following notice accompanied the original version of this | |
| 29 | + * file: | |
| 30 | + * | |
| 31 | + * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 | |
| 32 | + * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at | |
| 33 | + * http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | |
| 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 | +} | |