Class SizedQueue
In: lib/thread.rb
Parent: Queue

This class represents queues of specified size capacity. The push operation may be blocked if the capacity is full.

See Queue for an example of how a SizedQueue works.

Methods

<<   deq   enq   max   max=   new   num_waiting   pop   push   shift  

Public Class methods

new(max)

Creates a fixed-length queue with a maximum size of max.

Public Instance methods

<<(obj)

Alias for push

deq(*args)

Alias for pop

enq(obj)

Alias for push

max()

Returns the maximum size of the queue.

max=(max)

Sets the maximum size of the queue.

num_waiting()

Returns the number of threads waiting on the queue.

pop(*args)

Retrieves data from the queue and runs a waiting thread, if any.

push(obj)

Pushes obj to the queue. If there is no space left in the queue, waits until space becomes available.

shift(*args)

Alias for pop

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