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Revision: 1.12
Committed: Sun Feb 25 23:23:43 2001 UTC (23 years, 2 months ago) by tdb
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.11: +3 -3 lines
Log Message:
Oh, got to do some batty stuff.

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# Content
1 //---PACKAGE DECLARATION---
2 package uk.ac.ukc.iscream.util;
3
4 //---IMPORTS---
5 import java.util.LinkedList;
6 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
7 import uk.ac.ukc.iscream.util.*;
8
9 /**
10 * A Queue class designed to operate in a multi-threaded environment, with
11 * added support for multiple "consumer" threads. Also offers blocking on
12 * the get() methods, which ensures the consumer waits until the queue
13 * actually contains some elements.
14 *
15 * @author $Author: tdb1 $
16 * @version $Id: Queue.java,v 1.11 2001/02/25 23:19:46 tdb1 Exp $
17 */
18 public class Queue {
19
20 //---FINAL ATTRIBUTES---
21
22 /**
23 * The current CVS revision of this class
24 */
25 public static final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.11 $";
26
27 //---STATIC METHODS---
28
29 //---CONSTRUCTORS---
30
31 //---PUBLIC METHODS---
32
33 /**
34 * This method adds a given object to every queue. It will notify
35 * any waiting consumers (on an empty queue) during this process.
36 *
37 * @param o An Object to be added to the queues.
38 */
39 public void add(Object o) {
40 for(int i=0; i < _lists.size(); i++) {
41 // skip over any gaps left in the list
42 if(_lists.get(i) != null) {
43 int s = ((LinkedList) _lists.get(i)).size();
44 synchronized(this) {
45 // add() does the same thing, but this ensures behaviour
46 ((LinkedList) _lists.get(i)).addLast(o);
47 }
48 // if the queue was empty before the add it is possible
49 // that a consumer is waiting... so we notify them
50 if (s == 0) {
51 synchronized(((LinkedList) _lists.get(i))) {
52 ((LinkedList) _lists.get(i)).notifyAll();
53 }
54 }
55 }
56 }
57 // we keep track of the total additions for the status() method
58 _count++;
59 }
60
61 /**
62 * This method returns an object from the front of a given queue.
63 * It will block until data exists in the queue if required.
64 *
65 * @param The queue to retrieve data from.
66 * @return The object from the front of the queue.
67 * @throws InvalidQueueException if the queue does not exist.
68 */
69 public Object get(int queue) throws InvalidQueueException {
70 // make sure queue exists
71 if (queue >= _lists.size() || _lists.get(queue) == null) {
72 throw new InvalidQueueException("Requested queue "+queue+" does not exist");
73 }
74 // block if the queue is empty
75 if (((LinkedList) _lists.get(queue)).size() == 0) {
76 synchronized(((LinkedList) _lists.get(queue))) {
77 try { ((LinkedList) _lists.get(queue)).wait(); } catch(Exception e) {}
78 }
79 }
80 // get an item, it should never be null due to the blocking above
81 Object o = null;
82 synchronized(this) {
83 try {
84 o = ((LinkedList) _lists.get(queue)).removeFirst();
85 }
86 catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
87 // This should never happen !
88 }
89 }
90 return o;
91 }
92
93 /**
94 * This method releases a get() method that's currently
95 * waiting on an empty queue. This was designed for
96 * shutdown() type methods that may have problems closing
97 * if the thread of control is waiting on a queue.
98 *
99 * @param queue the queue to release.
100 */
101 public void releaseQueue(int queue) {
102 synchronized(((LinkedList) _lists.get(queue))) {
103 ((LinkedList) _lists.get(queue)).notifyAll();
104 }
105 }
106
107 /**
108 * This method erases the contents of a given queue. This
109 * method should be used with care. It can only empty one
110 * internal queue, not all of them. This must be called
111 * multiple times to empty all queues.
112 *
113 * @param queue the queue to empty.
114 */
115 public void clearQueue(int queue) {
116 synchronized(this) {
117 ((LinkedList) _lists.get(queue)).clear();
118 }
119 }
120
121 /**
122 * This method returns an XML textual status of the queues.
123 * It is merely for observation, and would most likely be
124 * used by a larger "monitoring" component. Information
125 * returned includes the current size of each queue, and
126 * the total items passed through.
127 *
128 * @return A String message containing status information in XML format
129 */
130 public String xmlStatus() {
131 String status = "<queue ";
132 for(int i=0; i < _lists.size(); i++) {
133 // check for null entries
134 if(_lists.get(i) != null) {
135 status += "queue"+i+"=\""+((LinkedList) _lists.get(i)).size()+"\" ";
136 }
137 else {
138 status += "queue"+i+"=\"\\<deleted\\>\" ";
139 }
140 }
141 status += "total=\""+_count+"\"></queue>";
142 return status;
143 }
144
145 /**
146 * Returns the size of a given queue. A consumer can use
147 * this to see how big their queue is at any given time.
148 * they should use their queue number as the parameter.
149 *
150 * @param queue The queue number to query.
151 * @return the current size of the queue.
152 * @throws InvalidQueueException if the queue does not exist.
153 */
154 public int queueSize(int queue) throws InvalidQueueException {
155 if (queue >= _lists.size() || _lists.get(queue) == null) {
156 throw new InvalidQueueException("Requested queue "+queue+" does not exist");
157 }
158 return ((LinkedList) _lists.get(queue)).size();
159 }
160
161 /**
162 * Returns the total numer of elements to have passed
163 * through this queue (ie. a counter on the add method).
164 *
165 * @return the element-ometer.
166 */
167 public int elementCount() {
168 return _count;
169 }
170
171 /**
172 * This method assigns a queue to a consumer. The idea behind
173 * this is to ensure that only 1 consumer can be associated with
174 * a given queue, otherwise the whole "blocking" thing fails
175 * miserably. Queues are created upon requested.
176 *
177 * It is IMPORTANT that removeQueue() is used when the queue is
178 * no longer required.
179 *
180 * @return An integer to be passed to the get() method.
181 */
182 public int getQueue() {
183 int pos = -1;
184 for(int i=0; i < _lists.size(); i++) {
185 if(_lists.get(i) == null) {
186 // found a gap, re-use it
187 pos = i;
188 _lists.set(i, new LinkedList());
189 }
190 }
191 if(pos == -1) {
192 //we didn't find a gap, add at end
193 pos = _lists.size();
194 _lists.add(pos, new LinkedList());
195 }
196 return pos;
197 }
198
199 /**
200 * This method sets a entry to null in the list. This ensures
201 * that it will no longer be added to after it is no longer
202 * required be a consumer.
203 *
204 * @param queue The integer identifier for the queue, given by getQueue().
205 */
206 public void removeQueue(int queue) {
207 _lists.set(queue, null);
208 }
209
210 /**
211 * Start a monitor on our own Queue. This will log XML
212 * statistics about our Queue to a given Queue (could be
213 * the one being monitored).
214 *
215 * @param interval The long interval, in milliseconds, at which to take samples
216 * @param destQueue The queue to monitor to
217 * @param name A name to identify this Queue with
218 * @return whether we succeeded
219 */
220 public boolean startMonitor(long interval, Queue destQueue, String name) {
221 if(_queueMon == null) {
222 // start a monitor
223 _queueMon = new QueueMonitor(this, destQueue, interval, name);
224 _queueMon.start();
225 return true;
226 }
227 else {
228 // already have a monitor running
229 return false;
230 }
231 }
232
233 /**
234 * Start a monitor on our own Queue. This will log XML
235 * statistics about our Queue to this Queue.
236 *
237 * @param interval The long interval, in milliseconds, at which to take samples
238 * @param name A name to identify this Queue with
239 * @return whether we succeeded
240 */
241 public boolean startMonitor(long interval, String name) {
242 return startMonitor(interval, this, name);
243 }
244
245 /**
246 * Stop a monitor on our Queue if we have on running.
247 *
248 * @return whether we succeeded
249 */
250 public boolean stopMonitor() {
251 if(_queueMon != null) {
252 // stop a monitor
253 _queueMon.shutdown();
254 _queueMon = null;
255 return true;
256 }
257 else {
258 // no monitor running
259 return false;
260 }
261 }
262
263 /**
264 * Overrides the {@link java.lang.Object#toString() Object.toString()}
265 * method to provide clean logging (every class should have this).
266 *
267 * This uses the uk.ac.ukc.iscream.util.FormatName class
268 * to format the toString()
269 *
270 * @return the name of this class and its CVS revision.
271 */
272 public String toString() {
273 return FormatName.getName(
274 _name,
275 getClass().getName(),
276 REVISION);
277 }
278
279 //---PRIVATE METHODS---
280
281 //---ACCESSOR/MUTATOR METHODS---
282
283 //---ATTRIBUTES---
284
285 /**
286 * The LinkedLists of queues.
287 */
288 private LinkedList _lists = new LinkedList();
289
290 /**
291 * A counter so we know how many data items have been
292 * passed through, for statistical purposes.
293 */
294 private int _count = 0;
295
296 /**
297 * A reference to our QueueMonitor, if we have one.
298 */
299 private QueueMonitor _queueMon = null;
300
301 /**
302 * This is the friendly identifier of the
303 * component this class is running in.
304 * eg, a Filter may be called "filter1",
305 * If this class does not have an owning
306 * component, a name from the configuration
307 * can be placed here. This name could also
308 * be changed to null for utility classes.
309 */
310 private String _name = null;
311
312 //---STATIC ATTRIBUTES---
313
314 }