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Commons Collections example source code file (PriorityQueue.java)

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The Commons Collections PriorityQueue.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.collections;

/**
 * Defines a collection for priority queues, which can insert, peek and pop.
 * <p>
 * This interface is now replaced by the <code>Buffer interface.
 *
 * @deprecated Replaced by the Buffer interface and implementations in buffer subpackage.
 *  Due to be removed in v4.0.
 * @since Commons Collections 1.0
 * @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
 * 
 * @author Peter Donald
 */
public interface PriorityQueue {
    
    /**
     * Clear all elements from queue.
     */
    void clear();

    /**
     * Test if queue is empty.
     *
     * @return true if queue is empty else false.
     */
    boolean isEmpty();

    /**
     * Insert an element into queue.
     *
     * @param element the element to be inserted
     *
     * @throws ClassCastException if the specified <code>element's
     * type prevents it from being compared to other items in the queue to
     * determine its relative priority.  
     */
    void insert(Object element);

    /**
     * Return element on top of heap but don't remove it.
     *
     * @return the element at top of heap
     * @throws java.util.NoSuchElementException if <code>isEmpty() == true
     */
    Object peek();

    /**
     * Return element on top of heap and remove it.
     *
     * @return the element at top of heap
     * @throws java.util.NoSuchElementException if <code>isEmpty() == true
     */
    Object pop();
    
}

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