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1   /*
2   * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
3 < * Expert Group and released to the public domain. Use, modify, and
4 < * redistribute this code in any way without acknowledgement.
3 > * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at
4 > * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
5   */
6  
7   package java.util;
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9   /**
10   * A collection designed for holding elements prior to processing.
11   * Besides basic {@link java.util.Collection Collection} operations, queues provide
12 < * additional insertion, extraction, and inspection operations.
12 > * additional insertion, extraction, and inspection operations. The names
13 > * of the operations vary with their policies:
14 > *
15 > *<table BORDER CELLPADDING=3 CELLSPACING=1>
16 > *  <tr>
17 > *    <td><em>Operation</em></td>
18 > *    <td ALIGN=CENTER><em>Attempt</em></td>
19 > *    <td ALIGN=CENTER><em>Throw</em></td>
20 > *  </tr>
21 > *  <tr>
22 > *    <td><em>insert</em></td>
23 > *    <td>offer(x)</td>
24 > *    <td>add(x)</td>
25 > *  </tr>
26 > *  <tr>
27 > *    <td><em>extract</em></td>
28 > *    <td>poll()</td>
29 > *    <td>remove()</td>
30 > *  </tr>
31 > *  <tr>
32 > *    <td><em>inspect</em></td>
33 > *    <td>peek()</td>
34 > *    <td>element()</td>
35 > *  </tr>
36 > *</table>
37   *
38   * <p>Queues typically, but do not necessarily, order elements in a
39   * FIFO (first-in-first-out) manner.  Among the exceptions are
40   * priority queues, which order elements according to a supplied
41   * comparator, or the elements' natural ordering, and LIFO queues (or
42   * stacks) which order the elements LIFO (last-in-first-out).
43 < * Whatever the ordering used, the <em>head</em> of the queue is that element
44 < * which would be removed by a call to {@link #remove() } or {@link #poll()}.
45 < * Every <tt>Queue</tt> implementation must specify its ordering guarantees.
46 < *
47 < * <p>The {@link #offer offer} method adds an element if possible, otherwise
48 < * returning <tt>false</tt>.  This differs from the
49 < * {@link java.util.Collection#add Collection.add}
50 < * method, which throws an unchecked exception upon
51 < * failure. It is designed for use in collections in which failure to
52 < * add is a normal, rather than exceptional occurrence, for example,
53 < * in fixed-capacity (or &quot;bounded&quot;) queues.
43 > * Whatever the ordering used, the <em>head</em> of the queue is that
44 > * element which would be removed by a call to {@link #remove() } or
45 > * {@link #poll()}.  In a FIFO queue, all new elements are inserted at
46 > * the <em> tail</em> of the queue. Other kinds of queues may use
47 > * different placement rules.  Every <tt>Queue</tt> implementation
48 > * must specify its ordering properties.
49 > *
50 > * <p>The {@link #offer offer} method inserts an element if possible,
51 > * otherwise returning <tt>false</tt>.  This differs from the {@link
52 > * java.util.Collection#add Collection.add} method, which can fail to
53 > * add an element only by throwing an unchecked exception.  The
54 > * <tt>offer</tt> method is designed for use when failure is a normal,
55 > * rather than exceptional occurrence, for example, in fixed-capacity
56 > * (or &quot;bounded&quot;) queues.
57   *
58   * <p>The {@link #remove()} and {@link #poll()} methods remove and
59   * return the head of the queue.
# Line 54 | Line 81 | package java.util;
81   * used as a special return value by the <tt>poll</tt> method to
82   * indicate that the queue contains no elements.
83   *
84 + * <p><tt>Queue</tt> implementations generally do not define
85 + * element-based versions of methods <tt>equals</tt> and
86 + * <tt>hashCode</tt> but instead inherit the identity based versions
87 + * from class <tt>Object</tt>, because element-based equality is not
88 + * always well-defined for queues with the same elements but different
89 + * ordering properties.
90 + *
91 + *
92   * <p>This interface is a member of the
93   * <a href="{@docRoot}/../guide/collections/index.html">
94   * Java Collections Framework</a>.
# Line 61 | Line 96 | package java.util;
96   * @see java.util.Collection
97   * @see LinkedList
98   * @see PriorityQueue
99 < * @see java.util.concurrent.LinkedQueue
99 > * @see java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue
100   * @see java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue
101   * @see java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue
102   * @see java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue
103   * @see java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue
104   * @since 1.5
105   * @author Doug Lea
106 + * @param <E> the type of elements held in this collection
107   */
108   public interface Queue<E> extends Collection<E> {
109  
110      /**
111 <     * Adds the specified element to this queue, if possible.
111 >     * Inserts the specified element into this queue, if possible.  When
112 >     * using queues that may impose insertion restrictions (for
113 >     * example capacity bounds), method <tt>offer</tt> is generally
114 >     * preferable to method {@link Collection#add}, which can fail to
115 >     * insert an element only by throwing an exception.
116       *
117 <     * @param o the element to add.
117 >     * @param o the element to insert.
118       * @return <tt>true</tt> if it was possible to add the element to
119       * this queue, else <tt>false</tt>
120       */
121      boolean offer(E o);
122  
123      /**
124 <     * Retrieves and removes the head of this queue, if it is available.
124 >     * Retrieves and removes the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt>
125 >     * if this queue is empty.
126       *
127       * @return the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt> if this
128       *         queue is empty.
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130      E poll();
131  
132      /**
133 <     * Retrieves and removes the head of this queue.
134 <     * This method differs
135 <     * from the <tt>poll</tt> method in that it throws an exception if this
95 <     * queue is empty.
133 >     * Retrieves and removes the head of this queue.  This method
134 >     * differs from the <tt>poll</tt> method in that it throws an
135 >     * exception if this queue is empty.
136       *
137       * @return the head of this queue.
138       * @throws NoSuchElementException if this queue is empty.
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140      E remove();
141  
142      /**
143 <     * Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue.
144 <     * This method differs from the <tt>poll</tt>
105 <     * method only in that this method does not remove the head element from
106 <     * this queue.
143 >     * Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue,
144 >     * returning <tt>null</tt> if this queue is empty.
145       *
146 <     * @return the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt> if this queue is empty.
146 >     * @return the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt> if this queue
147 >     * is empty.
148       */
149      E peek();
150  
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158       */
159      E element();
160   }
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