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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;
8  
9   /**
10   * A collection designed for holding elements prior to processing.
11 < * Besides basic {@link Collection} operations, queues provide
11 > * Besides basic {@link java.util.Collection Collection} operations, queues provide
12   * additional insertion, extraction, and inspection operations.
13   *
14   * <p>Queues typically, but do not necessarily, order elements in a
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16   * priority queues, which order elements according to a supplied
17   * comparator, or the elements' natural ordering, and LIFO queues (or
18   * stacks) which order the elements LIFO (last-in-first-out).
19 < * Whatever the ordering used, the <em>head</em> of the queue is that element
20 < * which would be removed by a call to {@link #remove() } or {@link #poll()}.
21 < * Every Queue implementation must specify its ordering guarantees.
22 < *
23 < * <p>The {@link #offer(E)} method adds an element if possible, otherwise
24 < * returning <tt>false</tt>.  This differs from the {@link
25 < * Collections#add(Object)} method, which throws an unchecked exception upon
26 < * failure. It is designed for use in collections in which failure to
27 < * add is a normal, rather than exceptional occurrence, for example,
28 < * in fixed-capacity (or &quot;bounded&quot;) queues.
29 < *
19 > * Whatever the ordering used, the <em>head</em> of the queue is that
20 > * element which would be removed by a call to {@link #remove() } or
21 > * {@link #poll()}.  In a FIFO queue, all new elements are inserted at
22 > * the <em> tail</em> of the queue. Other kinds of queues may use
23 > * different placement rules.  Every <tt>Queue</tt> implementation
24 > * must specify its ordering properties.
25 > *
26 > * <p>The {@link #offer offer} method inserts an element if possible,
27 > * otherwise returning <tt>false</tt>.  This differs from the {@link
28 > * java.util.Collection#add Collection.add} method, which can fail to
29 > * add an element only by throwing an unchecked exception.  The
30 > * <tt>offer</tt> method is designed for use when failure is a normal,
31 > * rather than exceptional occurrence, for example, in fixed-capacity
32 > * (or &quot;bounded&quot;) queues.
33 > *
34   * <p>The {@link #remove()} and {@link #poll()} methods remove and
35   * return the head of the queue.
36   * Exactly which element is removed from the queue is a
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41   * while the <tt>poll()</tt> method returns <tt>null</tt>.
42   *
43   * <p>The {@link #element()} and {@link #peek()} methods return, but do
44 < * not delete, the head of the queue.
44 > * not remove, the head of the queue.
45   *
46   * <p>The <tt>Queue</tt> interface does not define the <i>blocking queue
47   * methods</i>, which are common in concurrent programming.  These methods,
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57   * used as a special return value by the <tt>poll</tt> method to
58   * indicate that the queue contains no elements.
59   *
60 + * <p><tt>Queue</tt> implementations generally do not define
61 + * element-based versions of methods <tt>equals</tt> and
62 + * <tt>hashCode</tt> but instead inherit the identity based versions
63 + * from class <tt>Object</tt>, because element-based equality is not
64 + * always well-defined for queues with the same elements but different
65 + * ordering properties.
66 + *
67 + *
68   * <p>This interface is a member of the
69   * <a href="{@docRoot}/../guide/collections/index.html">
70   * Java Collections Framework</a>.
71   *
72 < * @see Collection
72 > * @see java.util.Collection
73   * @see LinkedList
74   * @see PriorityQueue
75 < * @see java.util.concurrent.LinkedQueue
75 > * @see java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue
76   * @see java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue
77   * @see java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue
78   * @see java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue
79   * @see java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue
80   * @since 1.5
81   * @author Doug Lea
82 + * @param <E> the type of elements held in this collection
83   */
84   public interface Queue<E> extends Collection<E> {
85  
86      /**
87 <     * Add the specified element to this queue, if possible.
87 >     * Inserts the specified element into this queue, if possible.  When
88 >     * using queues that may impose insertion restrictions (for
89 >     * example capacity bounds), method <tt>offer</tt> is generally
90 >     * preferable to method {@link Collection#add}, which can fail to
91 >     * insert an element only by throwing an exception.
92       *
93 <     * @param element the element to add.
94 <     * @return <tt>true</tt> if it was possible to add the element to
95 <     * this queue.
93 >     * @param o the element to insert.
94 >     * @return <tt>true</tt> if it was possible to add the element to
95 >     * this queue, else <tt>false</tt>
96       */
97 <    boolean offer(E element);
97 >    boolean offer(E o);
98  
99      /**
100 <     * Retrieve and remove the head of this queue, if it is available.
100 >     * Retrieves and removes the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt>
101 >     * if this queue is empty.
102       *
103       * @return the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt> if this
104 <     *         queue is empty.
104 >     *         queue is empty.
105       */
106      E poll();
107  
108      /**
109 <     * Retrieve and remove the head of this queue.  
110 <     * This method differs
111 <     * from the <tt>poll</tt> method in that it throws an exception if the
94 <     * queue is empty.
109 >     * Retrieves and removes the head of this queue.  This method
110 >     * differs from the <tt>poll</tt> method in that it throws an
111 >     * exception if this queue is empty.
112       *
113       * @return the head of this queue.
114       * @throws NoSuchElementException if this queue is empty.
115       */
116 <    E remove() throws NoSuchElementException;
116 >    E remove();
117  
118      /**
119 <     * Retrieve, but do not remove, the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt>
120 <     * if this queue is empty.  This method differs from the <tt>poll</tt>
104 <     * method only in that this method does not remove the element from
105 <     * this queue.
119 >     * Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue,
120 >     * returning <tt>null</tt> if this queue is empty.
121       *
122 <     * @return the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt> if this queue is empty.
122 >     * @return the head of this queue, or <tt>null</tt> if this queue
123 >     * is empty.
124       */
125      E peek();
126  
127      /**
128 <     * Retrieve, but do not remove, the head of this queue.  This method
129 <     * differs from the <tt>peek</tt> method only in that it throws an
128 >     * Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue.  This method
129 >     * differs from the <tt>peek</tt> method only in that it throws an
130       * exception if this queue is empty.
131       *
132       * @return the head of this queue.
133       * @throws NoSuchElementException if this queue is empty.
134       */
135 <    E element() throws NoSuchElementException;
135 >    E element();
136   }
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