AbstractQueue in Java with Examples

The AbstractQueue class in Java is a part of the Java Collection Framework and implements the Collection interface and the AbstractCollection class. It provides skeletal implementations of some Queue operations. The implementations in this class are appropriate when the base implementation does not allow null elements.

Class Hierarchy:

java.lang.Object
 ? java.util.AbstractCollection<E>
    ? Class AbstractQueue<E>

Syntax:

public abstract class AbstractQueue<E>
  extends AbstractCollection<E>
     implements Queue<E>

Where E is the type of element maintained by 
this collection class.

Constructors in Java AbstractQueue:

• protected AbstractQueue(): The default constructor, but being protected, it doesn’t allow to create an AbstractQueue object.

Below is a sample program to illustrate AbstractQueue in Java:

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Output:

AbstractQueue contains: [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]

Methods in Java AbstractQueue:

Example:

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Output:

AbstractQueue contains: [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
Head: 10
AbstractQueue: []

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/AbstractQueue.html

1. add(E e): Inserts the specified element into this queue if it is possible to do so immediately without violating capacity restrictions, returning true upon success and throwing an IllegalStateException if no space is currently available.
2. addAll(Collection c): Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this queue.
3. clear(): Removes all of the elements from this queue.
4. element(): Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue.
5. remove(): Retrieves and removes the head of this queue.