Nuances of Java development
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SynchronousQueue VS TransferQueue
One addition in Java 7 is an interface TransferQueue in addition already exists from Java 5 SynchronousQueue. What is the reason of new interface?
Contents ✓Firstly about TransferQueue ✓Couple words about SynchronousQueue ✓SynchronousQueue vs TransferQueue Firstly about TransferQueue Java 7 included new interface TransferQueue and corresponded implementation LinkedTransferQueue. TransferQueue extends BlockingQueue which extends Queue interface, added in Java 5. BlockingQueue is a queue, which can block Producer threads during adding items into a full queue and Consumer threads, during removing from an empty queue. Main idea of blocking queues is to cope with flood of data, which can not be processed by system for appropriate time. TransferQueue goes further, and blocks Producer threads until the items consumed by Consumer threads. New method — transfer — blocking occurs until item moves from one thread to another. There are additional methods — two forms of tryTransfer — one is blocking with time-out, other is non-blocking but transfer only if Consumer thread is waiting. Also there are a couple helper methods hasWaitingConsumer and getWaitingConsumerCount. Couple words about SynchronousQueue We remember about SynchronousQueue from Java 5, which provides queue with size 0 and quite good for transfer items between threads. This queue works on the principle «one came in — one went out». Each put operation blocks Producer thread until Consumer thread fetch element from queue and vice versa, Consumer thread is waiting until Producer thread puts element to queue. SynchronousQueue is more specialized in comparison with TransferQueue but it allows developers decide whether to use general blocking queue, or guaranteed hand-off. SynchronousQueue vs TransferQueue LinkedTransferQueue combines adv... Read more