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Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 7

DRAFT ea-b118

java.util.concurrent
Interface TransferQueue<E>

Type Parameters:
E - the type of elements held in this collection
All Superinterfaces:
BlockingQueue<E>, Collection<E>, Iterable<E>, Queue<E>
All Known Implementing Classes:
LinkedTransferQueue

public interface TransferQueue<E>
extends BlockingQueue<E>

A BlockingQueue in which producers may wait for consumers to receive elements. A TransferQueue may be useful for example in message passing applications in which producers sometimes (using method transfer(E)) await receipt of elements by consumers invoking take or poll, while at other times enqueue elements (via method put) without waiting for receipt. Non-blocking and time-out versions of tryTransfer are also available. A TransferQueue may also be queried, via hasWaitingConsumer(), whether there are any threads waiting for items, which is a converse analogy to a peek operation.

Like other blocking queues, a TransferQueue may be capacity bounded. If so, an attempted transfer operation may initially block waiting for available space, and/or subsequently block waiting for reception by a consumer. Note that in a queue with zero capacity, such as SynchronousQueue, put and transfer are effectively synonymous.

This interface is a member of the Java Collections Framework.

Since:
1.7

Method Summary
Modifier and Type Method and Description
 int getWaitingConsumerCount()
          Returns an estimate of the number of consumers waiting to receive elements via BlockingQueue.take() or timed poll.
 boolean hasWaitingConsumer()
          Returns true if there is at least one consumer waiting to receive an element via BlockingQueue.take() or timed poll.
 void transfer(E e)
          Transfers the element to a consumer, waiting if necessary to do so.
 boolean tryTransfer(E e)
          Transfers the element to a waiting consumer immediately, if possible.
 boolean tryTransfer(E e, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
          Transfers the element to a consumer if it is possible to do so before the timeout elapses.
 
Methods inherited from interface java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue
add, contains, drainTo, drainTo, offer, offer, poll, put, remainingCapacity, remove, take
 
Methods inherited from interface java.util.Queue
element, peek, poll, remove
 
Methods inherited from interface java.util.Collection
addAll, clear, containsAll, equals, hashCode, isEmpty, iterator, removeAll, retainAll, size, toArray, toArray
 

Method Detail

tryTransfer

boolean tryTransfer(E e)
Transfers the element to a waiting consumer immediately, if possible.

More precisely, transfers the specified element immediately if there exists a consumer already waiting to receive it (in BlockingQueue.take() or timed poll), otherwise returning false without enqueuing the element.

Parameters:
e - the element to transfer
Returns:
true if the element was transferred, else false
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue
NullPointerException - if the specified element is null
IllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue

transfer

void transfer(E e)
              throws InterruptedException
Transfers the element to a consumer, waiting if necessary to do so.

More precisely, transfers the specified element immediately if there exists a consumer already waiting to receive it (in BlockingQueue.take() or timed poll), else waits until the element is received by a consumer.

Parameters:
e - the element to transfer
Throws:
InterruptedException - if interrupted while waiting, in which case the element is not left enqueued
ClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue
NullPointerException - if the specified element is null
IllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue

tryTransfer

boolean tryTransfer(E e,
                    long timeout,
                    TimeUnit unit)
                    throws InterruptedException
Transfers the element to a consumer if it is possible to do so before the timeout elapses.

More precisely, transfers the specified element immediately if there exists a consumer already waiting to receive it (in BlockingQueue.take() or timed poll), else waits until the element is received by a consumer, returning false if the specified wait time elapses before the element can be transferred.

Parameters:
e - the element to transfer
timeout - how long to wait before giving up, in units of unit
unit - a TimeUnit determining how to interpret the timeout parameter
Returns:
true if successful, or false if the specified waiting time elapses before completion, in which case the element is not left enqueued
Throws:
InterruptedException - if interrupted while waiting, in which case the element is not left enqueued
ClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue
NullPointerException - if the specified element is null
IllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue

hasWaitingConsumer

boolean hasWaitingConsumer()
Returns true if there is at least one consumer waiting to receive an element via BlockingQueue.take() or timed poll. The return value represents a momentary state of affairs.

Returns:
true if there is at least one waiting consumer

getWaitingConsumerCount

int getWaitingConsumerCount()
Returns an estimate of the number of consumers waiting to receive elements via BlockingQueue.take() or timed poll. The return value is an approximation of a momentary state of affairs, that may be inaccurate if consumers have completed or given up waiting. The value may be useful for monitoring and heuristics, but not for synchronization control. Implementations of this method are likely to be noticeably slower than those for hasWaitingConsumer().

Returns:
the number of consumers waiting to receive elements

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 7

DRAFT ea-b118

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