Class LinkedTransferQueue<E>

  • Type Parameters:
    E - the type of elements held in this collection
    All Implemented Interfaces:
    Iterable<E>, Collection<E>, BlockingQueue<E>, Queue<E>
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    FlowControlLinkedTransferQueue

    public class LinkedTransferQueue<E>
    extends AbstractQueue<E>
    implements BlockingQueue<E>
    An unbounded TransferQueue based on linked nodes. This queue orders elements FIFO (first-in-first-out) with respect to any given producer. The head of the queue is that element that has been on the queue the longest time for some producer. The tail of the queue is that element that has been on the queue the shortest time for some producer.

    Beware that, unlike in most collections, the size method is NOT a constant-time operation. Because of the asynchronous nature of these queues, determining the current number of elements requires a traversal of the elements.

    This class and its iterator implement all of the optional methods of the Collection and Iterator interfaces.

    Memory consistency effects: As with other concurrent collections, actions in a thread prior to placing an object into a LinkedTransferQueue happen-before actions subsequent to the access or removal of that element from the LinkedTransferQueue in another thread.

    Author:
    Doug Lea, The Netty Project (netty-dev@lists.jboss.org), Trustin Lee (tlee@redhat.com)