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java.util
Class PriorityQueue<E>

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractCollection<E>
      java.util.AbstractQueue<E>
          java.util.PriorityQueue<E>

Type Parameters:

E - the type of elements held in this collection

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Iterable<E>, Collection<E>, Queue<E>

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public class PriorityQueue<E>
extends AbstractQueue<E>
implements Serializable

An unbounded priority queue based on a priority heap. This queue orders elements according to an order specified at construction time, which is specified either according to their natural order (see Comparable), or according to a Comparator, depending on which constructor is used. A priority queue does not permit null elements. A priority queue relying on natural ordering also does not permit insertion of non-comparable objects (doing so may result in ClassCastException).

The head of this queue is the least element with respect to the specified ordering. If multiple elements are tied for least value, the head is one of those elements -- ties are broken arbitrarily. The queue retrieval operations poll, remove, peek, and element access the element at the head of the queue.

A priority queue is unbounded, but has an internal capacity governing the size of an array used to store the elements on the queue. It is always at least as large as the queue size. As elements are added to a priority queue, its capacity grows automatically. The details of the growth policy are not specified.

This class and its iterator implement all of the optional methods of the Collection and Iterator interfaces. The Iterator provided in method iterator() is not guaranteed to traverse the elements of the PriorityQueue in any particular order. If you need ordered traversal, consider using Arrays.sort(pq.toArray()).

Note that this implementation is not synchronized. Multiple threads should not access a PriorityQueue instance concurrently if any of the threads modifies the list structurally. Instead, use the thread-safe PriorityBlockingQueue class.

Implementation note: this implementation provides O(log(n)) time for the insertion methods (offer, poll, remove() and add) methods; linear time for the remove(Object) and contains(Object) methods; and constant time for the retrieval methods (peek, element, and size).

This class is a member of the Java Collections Framework.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Serialized Form

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Constructor Summary
PriorityQueue()           Creates a PriorityQueue with the default initial capacity (11) that orders its elements according to their natural ordering (using Comparable).
PriorityQueue(Collection<? extends E> c)           Creates a PriorityQueue containing the elements in the specified collection.
PriorityQueue(int initialCapacity)           Creates a PriorityQueue with the specified initial capacity that orders its elements according to their natural ordering (using Comparable).
PriorityQueue(int initialCapacity, Comparator<? super E> comparator)           Creates a PriorityQueue with the specified initial capacity that orders its elements according to the specified comparator.
PriorityQueue(PriorityQueue<? extends E> c)           Creates a PriorityQueue containing the elements in the specified collection.
PriorityQueue(SortedSet<? extends E> c)           Creates a PriorityQueue containing the elements in the specified collection.

 

Method Summary
boolean	add(E o)           Adds the specified element to this queue.
void	clear()           Removes all elements from the priority queue.
Comparator<? super E>	comparator()           Returns the comparator used to order this collection, or null if this collection is sorted according to its elements natural ordering (using Comparable).
Iterator<E>	iterator()           Returns an iterator over the elements in this queue.
boolean	offer(E o)           Inserts the specified element into this priority queue.
E	peek()           Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue, returning null if this queue is empty.
E	poll()           Retrieves and removes the head of this queue, or null if this queue is empty.
boolean	remove(Object o)           Removes a single instance of the specified element from this queue, if it is present.
int	size()           Returns the number of elements in this collection.

 

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractQueue
addAll, element, remove

 

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractCollection
contains, containsAll, isEmpty, removeAll, retainAll, toArray, toArray, toString

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

 

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Collection
contains, containsAll, equals, hashCode, isEmpty, removeAll, retainAll, toArray, toArray

 

Constructor Detail

PriorityQueue

public PriorityQueue()

Creates a PriorityQueue with the default initial capacity (11) that orders its elements according to their natural ordering (using Comparable).

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PriorityQueue

public PriorityQueue(int initialCapacity)

Creates a PriorityQueue with the specified initial capacity that orders its elements according to their natural ordering (using Comparable).

Parameters:

initialCapacity - the initial capacity for this priority queue.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if initialCapacity is less than 1

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PriorityQueue

public PriorityQueue(int initialCapacity,
                     Comparator<? super E> comparator)

Creates a PriorityQueue with the specified initial capacity that orders its elements according to the specified comparator.

Parameters:

initialCapacity - the initial capacity for this priority queue.

comparator - the comparator used to order this priority queue. If null then the order depends on the elements' natural ordering.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if initialCapacity is less than 1

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PriorityQueue

public PriorityQueue(Collection<? extends E> c)

Creates a PriorityQueue containing the elements in the specified collection. The priority queue has an initial capacity of 110% of the size of the specified collection or 1 if the collection is empty. If the specified collection is an instance of a SortedSet or is another PriorityQueue, the priority queue will be sorted according to the same comparator, or according to its elements' natural order if the collection is sorted according to its elements' natural order. Otherwise, the priority queue is ordered according to its elements' natural order.

Parameters:

c - the collection whose elements are to be placed into this priority queue.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if elements of the specified collection cannot be compared to one another according to the priority queue's ordering.

NullPointerException - if c or any element within it is null

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PriorityQueue

public PriorityQueue(PriorityQueue<? extends E> c)

Creates a PriorityQueue containing the elements in the specified collection. The priority queue has an initial capacity of 110% of the size of the specified collection or 1 if the collection is empty. This priority queue will be sorted according to the same comparator as the given collection, or according to its elements' natural order if the collection is sorted according to its elements' natural order.

Parameters:

c - the collection whose elements are to be placed into this priority queue.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if elements of the specified collection cannot be compared to one another according to the priority queue's ordering.

NullPointerException - if c or any element within it is null

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PriorityQueue

public PriorityQueue(SortedSet<? extends E> c)

Creates a PriorityQueue containing the elements in the specified collection. The priority queue has an initial capacity of 110% of the size of the specified collection or 1 if the collection is empty. This priority queue will be sorted according to the same comparator as the given collection, or according to its elements' natural order if the collection is sorted according to its elements' natural order.

Parameters:

c - the collection whose elements are to be placed into this priority queue.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if elements of the specified collection cannot be compared to one another according to the priority queue's ordering.

NullPointerException - if c or any element within it is null

Method Detail

offer

public boolean offer(E o)

Inserts the specified element into this priority queue.

Specified by:

offer in interface Queue<E>

Parameters:

o - the element to insert.

Returns:

true

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the specified element cannot be compared with elements currently in the priority queue according to the priority queue's ordering.

NullPointerException - if the specified element is null.

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peek

public E peek()

Description copied from interface: Queue

Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue, returning null if this queue is empty.

Specified by:

peek in interface Queue<E>

Returns:

the head of this queue, or null if this queue is empty.

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add

public boolean add(E o)

Adds the specified element to this queue.

Specified by:

add in interface Collection<E>

Overrides:

add in class AbstractQueue<E>

Parameters:

o - the element

Returns:

true (as per the general contract of Collection.add).

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the specified element is null.

ClassCastException - if the specified element cannot be compared with elements currently in the priority queue according to the priority queue's ordering.

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remove

public boolean remove(Object o)

Removes a single instance of the specified element from this queue, if it is present.

Specified by:

remove in interface Collection<E>

Overrides:

remove in class AbstractCollection<E>

Parameters:

o - element to be removed from this collection, if present.

Returns:

true if the collection contained the specified element.

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iterator

public Iterator<E> iterator()

Returns an iterator over the elements in this queue. The iterator does not return the elements in any particular order.

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<E>

Specified by:

iterator in interface Collection<E>

Specified by:

iterator in class AbstractCollection<E>

Returns:

an iterator over the elements in this queue.

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size

public int size()

Description copied from class: AbstractCollection

Returns the number of elements in this collection. If the collection contains more than Integer.MAX_VALUE elements, returns Integer.MAX_VALUE.

Specified by:

size in interface Collection<E>

Specified by:

size in class AbstractCollection<E>

Returns:

the number of elements in this collection.

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clear

public void clear()

Removes all elements from the priority queue. The queue will be empty after this call returns.

Specified by:

clear in interface Collection<E>

Overrides:

clear in class AbstractQueue<E>

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poll

public E poll()

Description copied from interface: Queue

Retrieves and removes the head of this queue, or null if this queue is empty.

Specified by:

poll in interface Queue<E>

Returns:

the head of this queue, or null if this queue is empty.

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comparator

public Comparator<? super E> comparator()

Returns the comparator used to order this collection, or null if this collection is sorted according to its elements natural ordering (using Comparable).

Returns:

the comparator used to order this collection, or null if this collection is sorted according to its elements natural ordering.

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