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* <p>A <tt>BlockingQueue</tt> does not accept <tt>null</tt> elements. |
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* Implementations throw <tt>NullPointerException</tt> on attempts |
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* to <tt>add</tt>, <tt>put</tt> or <tt>offer</tt> a <tt>null</tt>. A |
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* <tt>poll</tt> operations. |
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* time it may have a <tt>remainingCapacity</tt> beyond which no |
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* A <tt>BlockingQueue</tt> without any intrinsic capacity constraints always |
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* <p>A {@code BlockingQueue} may be capacity bounded. At any given |
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* A {@code BlockingQueue} without any intrinsic capacity constraints always |
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* <p><tt>BlockingQueue</tt> implementations are thread-safe. All |
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* <p>{@code BlockingQueue} implementations are thread-safe. All |
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* {@code containsAll}, {@code retainAll} and {@code removeAll} are |
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* <tt>addAll(c)</tt> to fail (throwing an exception) after adding |
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* <p>A <tt>BlockingQueue</tt> does <em>not</em> intrinsically support |
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* <p>A {@code BlockingQueue} does <em>not</em> intrinsically support |
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* such features tend to be implementation-dependent. For example, a |
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* Usage example, based on a typical producer-consumer scenario. |
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* Note that a {@code BlockingQueue} can safely be used with multiple |
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* <pre> {@code |
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* <tt>true</tt> upon success and throwing an |
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* {@code true} upon success and throwing an |
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* When using a capacity-restricted queue, it is generally preferable to |
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* @return {@code true} (as specified by {@link Collection#add}) |
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* @throws IllegalStateException if the element cannot be added at this |
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* time due to capacity restrictions |
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* @throws ClassCastException if the class of the specified element |
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* Inserts the specified element into this queue if it is possible to do |
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* so immediately without violating capacity restrictions, returning |
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* <tt>true</tt> upon success and <tt>false</tt> if no space is currently |
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* {@code true} upon success and {@code false} if no space is currently |
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* available. When using a capacity-restricted queue, this method is |
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* generally preferable to {@link #add}, which can fail to insert an |
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* @return <tt>true</tt> if the element was added to this queue, else |
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* <tt>false</tt> |
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* @return {@code true} if the element was added to this queue, else |
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* {@code false} |
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* @throws ClassCastException if the class of the specified element |
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* prevents it from being added to this queue |
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* @throws NullPointerException if the specified element is null |
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* @param timeout how long to wait before giving up, in units of |
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* @param unit a <tt>TimeUnit</tt> determining how to interpret the |
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* <tt>timeout</tt> parameter |
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* @return <tt>true</tt> if successful, or <tt>false</tt> if |
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* {@code unit} |
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* @param unit a {@code TimeUnit} determining how to interpret the |
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* {@code timeout} parameter |
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* @return {@code true} if successful, or {@code false} if |
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* the specified waiting time elapses before space is available |
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* @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting |
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* @throws ClassCastException if the class of the specified element |
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* specified wait time if necessary for an element to become available. |
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* |
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* @param timeout how long to wait before giving up, in units of |
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* <tt>unit</tt> |
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* @param unit a <tt>TimeUnit</tt> determining how to interpret the |
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* <tt>timeout</tt> parameter |
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* @return the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt> if the |
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* {@code unit} |
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* @param unit a {@code TimeUnit} determining how to interpret the |
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* {@code timeout} parameter |
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* @return the head of this queue, or {@code null} if the |
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* specified waiting time elapses before an element is available |
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* @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting |
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*/ |
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/** |
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* Returns the number of additional elements that this queue can ideally |
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* (in the absence of memory or resource constraints) accept without |
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* blocking, or <tt>Integer.MAX_VALUE</tt> if there is no intrinsic |
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* blocking, or {@code Integer.MAX_VALUE} if there is no intrinsic |
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* limit. |
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* |
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* <p>Note that you <em>cannot</em> always tell if an attempt to insert |
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* an element will succeed by inspecting <tt>remainingCapacity</tt> |
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* an element will succeed by inspecting {@code remainingCapacity} |
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* because it may be the case that another thread is about to |
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* insert or remove an element. |
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* |
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/** |
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* Removes a single instance of the specified element from this queue, |
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* if it is present. More formally, removes an element <tt>e</tt> such |
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* that <tt>o.equals(e)</tt>, if this queue contains one or more such |
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* if it is present. More formally, removes an element {@code e} such |
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* that {@code o.equals(e)}, if this queue contains one or more such |
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* elements. |
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* Returns <tt>true</tt> if this queue contained the specified element |
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* Returns {@code true} if this queue contained the specified element |
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* (or equivalently, if this queue changed as a result of the call). |
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* |
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* @param o element to be removed from this queue, if present |
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* @return <tt>true</tt> if this queue changed as a result of the call |
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* @return {@code true} if this queue changed as a result of the call |
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* @throws ClassCastException if the class of the specified element |
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* is incompatible with this queue |
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* (<a href="../Collection.html#optional-restrictions">optional</a>) |
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boolean remove(Object o); |
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/** |
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* Returns <tt>true</tt> if this queue contains the specified element. |
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* More formally, returns <tt>true</tt> if and only if this queue contains |
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* at least one element <tt>e</tt> such that <tt>o.equals(e)</tt>. |
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* Returns {@code true} if this queue contains the specified element. |
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* More formally, returns {@code true} if and only if this queue contains |
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* at least one element {@code e} such that {@code o.equals(e)}. |
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* |
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* @param o object to be checked for containment in this queue |
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* @return <tt>true</tt> if this queue contains the specified element |
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* @return {@code true} if this queue contains the specified element |
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* @throws ClassCastException if the class of the specified element |
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* is incompatible with this queue |
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* (<a href="../Collection.html#optional-restrictions">optional</a>) |
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* to the given collection. This operation may be more |
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* efficient than repeatedly polling this queue. A failure |
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* encountered while attempting to add elements to |
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* collection <tt>c</tt> may result in elements being in neither, |
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* collection {@code c} may result in elements being in neither, |
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* either or both collections when the associated exception is |
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* thrown. Attempts to drain a queue to itself result in |
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* <tt>IllegalArgumentException</tt>. Further, the behavior of |
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* {@code IllegalArgumentException}. Further, the behavior of |
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* this operation is undefined if the specified collection is |
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* modified while the operation is in progress. |
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* |
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* Removes at most the given number of available elements from |
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* this queue and adds them to the given collection. A failure |
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* encountered while attempting to add elements to |
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* collection <tt>c</tt> may result in elements being in neither, |
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* collection {@code c} may result in elements being in neither, |
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* either or both collections when the associated exception is |
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* thrown. Attempts to drain a queue to itself result in |
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* <tt>IllegalArgumentException</tt>. Further, the behavior of |
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* {@code IllegalArgumentException}. Further, the behavior of |
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* this operation is undefined if the specified collection is |
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* modified while the operation is in progress. |
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* |