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* A {@link BlockingQueue} in which producers may wait for consumers |
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* to receive elements. A <tt>TransferQueue</tt> may be useful for |
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* to receive elements. A {@code TransferQueue} may be useful for |
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* example in message passing applications in which producers |
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* sometimes (using method <tt>transfer</tt>) await receipt of |
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* elements by consumers invoking <tt>take</tt> or <tt>poll</tt>, |
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* while at other times enqueue elements (via method <tt>put</tt>) |
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* sometimes (using method {@code transfer}) await receipt of |
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* elements by consumers invoking {@code take} or {@code poll}, |
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* while at other times enqueue elements (via method {@code put}) |
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* without waiting for receipt. Non-blocking and time-out versions of |
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* <tt>tryTransfer</tt> are also available. A TransferQueue may also |
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* be queried via <tt>hasWaitingConsumer</tt> whether there are any |
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* {@code tryTransfer} are also available. A TransferQueue may also |
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* be queried via {@code hasWaitingConsumer} whether there are any |
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* <p>Like any <tt>BlockingQueue</tt>, a <tt>TransferQueue</tt> may be |
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* <p>Like any {@code BlockingQueue}, a {@code TransferQueue} may be |
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* Transfers the specified element if there exists a consumer |
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* already waiting to receive it, otherwise returning <tt>false</tt> |
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* @return {@code true} if the element was transferred, else |
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* {@code false} |
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* Inserts the specified element into this queue, waiting if |
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* @param e the element to transfer |
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* Inserts the specified element into this queue, waiting up to |
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* {@code take} or {@code poll}. |
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* @param timeout how long to wait before giving up, in units of |
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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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* @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting, |
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throws InterruptedException; |
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* Returns true if there is at least one consumer waiting to |
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* dequeue an element via <tt>take</tt> or <tt>poll</tt>. The |
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* return value represents a momentary state of affairs. |
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* @return true if there is at least one waiting consumer. |
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* Returns {@code true} if there is at least one consumer waiting |
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* to dequeue an element via {@code take} or {@code poll}. |
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* The return value represents a momentary state of affairs. |
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* @return {@code true} if there is at least one waiting consumer |
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* Returns an estimate of the number of consumers waiting to |
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* dequeue elements via <tt>take</tt> or <tt>poll</tt>. The return |
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* dequeue elements via {@code take} or {@code poll}. The return |
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* value is an approximation of a momentary state of affairs, that |
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* waiting. The value may be useful for monitoring and heuristics, |
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* but not for synchronization control. Implementations of this |
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* method are likely to be noticeably slower than those for |
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* <tt>hasWaitingConsumer</tt>. |
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* {@link #hasWaitingConsumer}. |
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* @return the number of consumers waiting to dequeue elements |
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