A bounded blocking queue backed by an array. This queue orders elements FIFO (first-in-first-out). The head of the queue is that element that has been on the queue the longest time. The tail of the queue is that element that has been on the queue the shortest time. New elements are inserted at the tail of the queue, and the queue retrieval operations obtain elements at the head of the queue.
This is a classic "bounded buffer", in which a
fixed-sized array holds elements inserted by producers and
extracted by consumers. Once created, the capacity cannot be
changed. Attempts to put an element into a full queue
will result in the operation blocking; attempts to take an
element from an empty queue will similarly block.
This class supports an optional fairness policy for ordering
waiting producer and consumer threads. By default, this ordering
is not guaranteed. However, a queue constructed with fairness set
to true grants threads access in FIFO order. Fairness
generally decreases throughput but reduces variability and avoids
starvation.
This class and its iterator implement all of the
optional methods of the Collection and Iterator interfaces.
This class is a member of the Java Collections Framework.
extends
<E> | the type of elements held in this collection |