LinkedTransferQueue
    open class LinkedTransferQueue<E : Any!> : AbstractQueue<E>, Serializable, TransferQueue<E>
    
    An unbounded TransferQueue based on linked nodes. This queue orders elements FIFO (first-in-first-out) with respect to any given producer. The head of the queue is that element that has been on the queue the longest time for some producer. The tail of the queue is that element that has been on the queue the shortest time for some producer. 
    Beware that, unlike in most collections, the size method is NOT a constant-time operation. Because of the asynchronous nature of these queues, determining the current number of elements requires a traversal of the elements, and so may report inaccurate results if this collection is modified during traversal. 
    Bulk operations that add, remove, or examine multiple elements, such as addAll, removeIf or forEach, are not guaranteed to be performed atomically. For example, a forEach traversal concurrent with an addAll operation might observe only some of the added elements. 
    This class and its iterator implement all of the optional methods of the Collection and Iterator interfaces. 
    Memory consistency effects: As with other concurrent collections, actions in a thread prior to placing an object into a LinkedTransferQueue happen-before actions subsequent to the access or removal of that element from the LinkedTransferQueue in another thread. 
    This class is a member of the  Java Collections Framework.
    Summary
    
      
        
          | Public constructors | 
        
          | Creates an initially empty LinkedTransferQueue. | 
        
          | Creates a LinkedTransferQueueinitially containing the elements of the given collection, added in traversal order of the collection's iterator. | 
      
    
    
      
        
          | Public methods | 
        
          | open Boolean | Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue. | 
        
          | open Unit |  | 
        
          | open Boolean | Returns trueif this queue contains the specified element. | 
        
          | open Int |  | 
        
          | open Int |  | 
        
          | open Unit |  | 
        
          | open Int |  | 
        
          | open Boolean |  | 
        
          | open Boolean | Returns trueif this queue contains no elements. | 
        
          | open MutableIterator<E> | Returns an iterator over the elements in this queue in proper sequence. | 
        
          | open Boolean | Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue. | 
        
          | open Boolean | Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue. | 
        
          | open E? |  | 
        
          | open E? |  | 
        
          | open E |  | 
        
          | open Unit | Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue. | 
        
          | open Int | Always returns Integer.MAX_VALUEbecause aLinkedTransferQueueis not capacity constrained. | 
        
          | open Boolean | Removes a single instance of the specified element from this queue, if it is present. | 
        
          | open Boolean |  | 
        
          | open Boolean |  | 
        
          | open Boolean |  | 
        
          | open Spliterator<E> | Returns a Spliteratorover the elements in this queue. | 
        
          | open E |  | 
        
          | open Array<Any!> | Returns an array containing all of the elements in this queue, in proper sequence. | 
        
          | open Array<T> | Returns an array containing all of the elements in this queue, in proper sequence; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array. | 
        
          | open String |  | 
        
          | open Unit | Transfers the element to a consumer, waiting if necessary to do so. | 
        
          | open Boolean | Transfers the element to a waiting consumer immediately, if possible. | 
        
          | open Boolean | Transfers the element to a consumer if it is possible to do so before the timeout elapses. | 
      
    
    
      
        
          | Inherited functions | 
        
          | From class AbstractQueue
                
                  
                    | Boolean | addAll(elements: Collection<E>)
                         Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this queue. Attempts to addAll of a queue to itself result in IllegalArgumentException. Further, the behavior of this operation is undefined if the specified collection is modified while the operation is in progress. This implementation iterates over the specified collection, and adds each element returned by the iterator to this queue, in turn. A runtime exception encountered while trying to add an element (including, in particular, a nullelement) may result in only some of the elements having been successfully added when the associated exception is thrown. |  
                    | E | element()
                         Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue. This method differs from peekonly in that it throws an exception if this queue is empty. This implementation returns the result of peekunless the queue is empty. |  
                    | E | remove()
                         Retrieves and removes the head of this queue. This method differs from pollonly in that it throws an exception if this queue is empty. This implementation returns the result of pollunless the queue is empty. |  | 
        
          | From class AbstractCollection
                
                  
                    | Boolean | contains(element: E?)
                         Returns trueif this collection contains the specified element. More formally, returnstrueif and only if this collection contains at least one elementesuch thatObjects.equals(o, e). |  
                    | Boolean | containsAll(elements: Collection<E>)
                         Returns trueif this collection contains all of the elements in the specified collection. |  
                    | Boolean | isEmpty()
                         Returns trueif this collection contains no elements. |  
                    | MutableIterator<E> | iterator()
                         Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this collection. |  
                    | Boolean | remove(element: E?)
                         Removes a single instance of the specified element from this collection, if it is present (optional operation). More formally, removes an element esuch thatObjects.equals(o, e), if this collection contains one or more such elements. Returnstrueif this collection contained the specified element (or equivalently, if this collection changed as a result of the call). |  
                    | Boolean | removeAll(elements: Collection<E>)
                         Removes all of this collection's elements that are also contained in the specified collection (optional operation). After this call returns, this collection will contain no elements in common with the specified collection. |  
                    | Boolean | retainAll(elements: Collection<E>)
                         Retains only the elements in this collection that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation). In other words, removes from this collection all of its elements that are not contained in the specified collection. |  
                    | Array<Any!> | toArray()
                         Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection. If this collection makes any guarantees as to what order its elements are returned by its iterator, this method must return the elements in the same order. The returned array's runtime component type is Object. The returned array will be "safe" in that no references to it are maintained by this collection. (In other words, this method must allocate a new array even if this collection is backed by an array). The caller is thus free to modify the returned array. |  
                    | Array<T> | toArray(a: Array<T>)
                         Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array. If the collection fits in the specified array, it is returned therein. Otherwise, a new array is allocated with the runtime type of the specified array and the size of this collection.  If this collection fits in the specified array with room to spare (i.e., the array has more elements than this collection), the element in the array immediately following the end of the collection is set to null. (This is useful in determining the length of this collection only if the caller knows that this collection does not contain anynullelements.) If this collection makes any guarantees as to what order its elements are returned by its iterator, this method must return the elements in the same order. |  
                    | String | toString()
                         Returns a string representation of this collection. The string representation consists of a list of the collection's elements in the order they are returned by its iterator, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters", "(comma and space). Elements are converted to strings as byString.valueOf(Object). |  | 
        
          | From class Queue
                
                  
                    | Boolean | offer(e: E)
                         Inserts the specified element into this queue if it is possible to do so immediately without violating capacity restrictions. When using a capacity-restricted queue, this method is generally preferable to add, which can fail to insert an element only by throwing an exception. |  
                    | E? | peek()
                         Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of this queue, or returns nullif this queue is empty. |  
                    | E? | poll()
                         Retrieves and removes the head of this queue, or returns nullif this queue is empty. |  | 
      
    
    
      
        
          | Properties | 
        
          | open Int | Returns the number of elements in this queue. | 
      
    
    
    Public constructors
    
      LinkedTransferQueue
      
      LinkedTransferQueue()
      Creates an initially empty LinkedTransferQueue.
     
    
      LinkedTransferQueue
      
      LinkedTransferQueue(c: MutableCollection<out E>!)
      Creates a LinkedTransferQueue initially containing the elements of the given collection, added in traversal order of the collection's iterator.
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | c | MutableCollection<out E>!: the collection of elements to initially contain | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified collection or any of its elements are null | 
        
      
     
    Public methods
    
      add
      
      open fun add(element: E): Boolean
      Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue. As the queue is unbounded, this method will never throw IllegalStateException or return false.
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | e | the element to add | 
        
      
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException | if the addoperation is not supported by this collection | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified element is null | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException | if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalStateException | if the element cannot be added at this time due to capacity restrictions | 
        
      
     
    
      clear
      
      open fun clear(): Unit
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException | if the clearoperation is not supported by this collection | 
        
      
     
    
      contains
      
      open fun contains(element: E?): Boolean
      Returns true if this queue contains the specified element. More formally, returns true if and only if this queue contains at least one element e such that o.equals(e).
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | o | object to be checked for containment in this queue | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif this queue contains the specified element | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of the specified element is incompatible with this queue (optional) | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified element is null (optional) | 
        
      
     
    
      drainTo
      
      open fun drainTo(c: MutableCollection<in E>!): Int
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Int | the number of elements transferred | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException | if addition of elements is not supported by the specified collection | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of an element of this queue prevents it from being added to the specified collection | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified collection is null | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException | if the specified collection is this queue, or some property of an element of this queue prevents it from being added to the specified collection | 
        
      
     
    
      drainTo
      
      open fun drainTo(
    c: MutableCollection<in E>!, 
    maxElements: Int
): Int
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | c | MutableCollection<in E>!: the collection to transfer elements into | 
          
            | maxElements | Int: the maximum number of elements to transfer | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Int | the number of elements transferred | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException | if addition of elements is not supported by the specified collection | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of an element of this queue prevents it from being added to the specified collection | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified collection is null | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException | if the specified collection is this queue, or some property of an element of this queue prevents it from being added to the specified collection | 
        
      
     
    
      forEach
      
      open fun forEach(action: Consumer<in E>): Unit
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | action | Consumer<in E>: The action to be performed for each element | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified action is null | 
        
      
     
    
      getWaitingConsumerCount
      
      open fun getWaitingConsumerCount(): Int
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Int | the number of consumers waiting to receive elements | 
        
      
     
    
      hasWaitingConsumer
      
      open fun hasWaitingConsumer(): Boolean
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif there is at least one waiting consumer | 
        
      
     
    
      isEmpty
      
      open fun isEmpty(): Boolean
      Returns true if this queue contains no elements.
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif this queue contains no elements | 
        
      
     
    
      iterator
      
      open fun iterator(): MutableIterator<E>
      Returns an iterator over the elements in this queue in proper sequence. The elements will be returned in order from first (head) to last (tail). 
      The returned iterator is weakly consistent.
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | MutableIterator<E> | an iterator over the elements in this queue in proper sequence | 
        
      
     
    
      offer
      
      open fun offer(e: E): Boolean
      Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue. As the queue is unbounded, this method will never return false.
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | e | E: the element to add | 
        
      
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified element is null | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException | if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
        
      
     
    
      offer
      
      open fun offer(
    e: E, 
    timeout: Long, 
    unit: TimeUnit!
): Boolean
      Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue. As the queue is unbounded, this method will never block or return false.
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | e | E: the element to add | 
          
            | timeout | Long: how long to wait before giving up, in units of unit | 
          
            | unit | TimeUnit!: a TimeUnitdetermining how to interpret thetimeoutparameter | 
        
      
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.InterruptedException | if interrupted while waiting | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified element is null | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException | if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
        
      
     
    
      peek
      
      open fun peek(): E?
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | E? | the head of this queue, or nullif this queue is empty | 
        
      
     
    
      poll
      
      open fun poll(): E?
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | E? | the head of this queue, or nullif this queue is empty | 
        
      
     
    
      poll
      
      open fun poll(
    timeout: Long, 
    unit: TimeUnit!
): E
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | timeout | Long: how long to wait before giving up, in units of unit | 
          
            | unit | TimeUnit!: a TimeUnitdetermining how to interpret thetimeoutparameter | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | E | the head of this queue, or nullif the specified waiting time elapses before an element is available | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.InterruptedException | if interrupted while waiting | 
        
      
     
    
      put
      
      open fun put(e: E): Unit
      Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue. As the queue is unbounded, this method will never block.
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | e | E: the element to add | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.InterruptedException | if interrupted while waiting | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified element is null | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException | if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
        
      
     
    
      remainingCapacity
      
      open fun remainingCapacity(): Int
      Always returns Integer.MAX_VALUE because a LinkedTransferQueue is not capacity constrained.
      
     
    
      remove
      
      open fun remove(element: E?): Boolean
      Removes a single instance of the specified element from this queue, if it is present. More formally, removes an element e such that o.equals(e), if this queue contains one or more such elements. Returns true if this queue contained the specified element (or equivalently, if this queue changed as a result of the call).
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | o | element to be removed from this queue, if present | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif this queue changed as a result of the call | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of the specified element is incompatible with this queue (optional) | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified element is null (optional) | 
          
            | java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException | if the removeoperation is not supported by this collection | 
        
      
     
    
      removeAll
      
      open fun removeAll(elements: Collection<E>): Boolean
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | c | collection containing elements to be removed from this collection | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif this collection changed as a result of the call | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException | if the removeAllmethod is not supported by this collection | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the types of one or more elements in this collection are incompatible with the specified collection (java.util.Collection#) | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if this collection contains one or more null elements and the specified collection does not support null elements (java.util.Collection#) or if the specified collection is null | 
        
      
     
    
      removeIf
      
      open fun removeIf(filter: Predicate<in E>): Boolean
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | filter | Predicate<in E>: a predicate which returns truefor elements to be removed | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif any elements were removed | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified filter is null | 
          
            | java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException | if elements cannot be removed from this collection. Implementations may throw this exception if a matching element cannot be removed or if, in general, removal is not supported. | 
        
      
     
    
      retainAll
      
      open fun retainAll(elements: Collection<E>): Boolean
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | c | collection containing elements to be retained in this collection | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif this collection changed as a result of the call | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException | if the retainAlloperation is not supported by this collection | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the types of one or more elements in this collection are incompatible with the specified collection (java.util.Collection#) | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if this collection contains one or more null elements and the specified collection does not permit null elements (java.util.Collection#) or if the specified collection is null | 
        
      
     
    
    
      take
      
      open fun take(): E
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | E | the head of this queue | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.InterruptedException | if interrupted while waiting | 
        
      
     
    
      toArray
      
      open fun toArray(): Array<Any!>
      Returns an array containing all of the elements in this queue, in proper sequence. 
      The returned array will be "safe" in that no references to it are maintained by this queue. (In other words, this method must allocate a new array). The caller is thus free to modify the returned array. 
      This method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs.
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Array<Any!> | an array containing all of the elements in this queue | 
        
      
     
    
      toArray
      
      open fun <T : Any!> toArray(a: Array<T>): Array<T>
      Returns an array containing all of the elements in this queue, in proper sequence; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array. If the queue fits in the specified array, it is returned therein. Otherwise, a new array is allocated with the runtime type of the specified array and the size of this queue. 
      If this queue fits in the specified array with room to spare (i.e., the array has more elements than this queue), the element in the array immediately following the end of the queue is set to null. 
      Like the toArray() method, this method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs. Further, this method allows precise control over the runtime type of the output array, and may, under certain circumstances, be used to save allocation costs. 
      Suppose x is a queue known to contain only strings. The following code can be used to dump the queue into a newly allocated array of String: 
      <code>String[] y = x.toArray(new String[0]);</code>
 Note that 
toArray(new Object[0]) is identical in function to 
toArray().
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | <T> | the component type of the array to contain the collection | 
          
            | a | Array<T>: the array into which the elements of the queue are to be stored, if it is big enough; otherwise, a new array of the same runtime type is allocated for this purpose | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Array<T> | an array containing all of the elements in this queue | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.ArrayStoreException | if the runtime type of the specified array is not a supertype of the runtime type of every element in this queue | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified array is null | 
        
      
     
    
      toString
      
      open fun toString(): String
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | String | a string representation of the object. | 
        
      
     
    
      transfer
      
      open fun transfer(e: E): Unit
      Transfers the element to a consumer, waiting if necessary to do so. 
      More precisely, transfers the specified element immediately if there exists a consumer already waiting to receive it (in take or timed poll), else inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue and waits until the element is received by a consumer.
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | e | E: the element to transfer | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.InterruptedException | if interrupted while waiting, in which case the element is not left enqueued | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified element is null | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException | if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
        
      
     
    
      tryTransfer
      
      open fun tryTransfer(e: E): Boolean
      Transfers the element to a waiting consumer immediately, if possible. 
      More precisely, transfers the specified element immediately if there exists a consumer already waiting to receive it (in take or timed poll), otherwise returning false without enqueuing the element.
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | e | E: the element to transfer | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif the element was transferred, elsefalse | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified element is null | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException | if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
        
      
     
    
      tryTransfer
      
      open fun tryTransfer(
    e: E, 
    timeout: Long, 
    unit: TimeUnit!
): Boolean
      Transfers the element to a consumer if it is possible to do so before the timeout elapses. 
      More precisely, transfers the specified element immediately if there exists a consumer already waiting to receive it (in take or timed poll), else inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue and waits until the element is received by a consumer, returning false if the specified wait time elapses before the element can be transferred.
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | e | E: the element to transfer | 
          
            | timeout | Long: how long to wait before giving up, in units of unit | 
          
            | unit | TimeUnit!: a TimeUnitdetermining how to interpret thetimeoutparameter | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif successful, orfalseif the specified waiting time elapses before completion, in which case the element is not left enqueued | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.InterruptedException | if interrupted while waiting, in which case the element is not left enqueued | 
          
            | java.lang.ClassCastException | if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
          
            | java.lang.NullPointerException | if the specified element is null | 
          
            | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException | if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this queue | 
        
      
     
    Properties
    
      size
      
      open val size: Int
      Returns the number of elements in this queue. If this queue contains more than Integer.MAX_VALUE elements, returns Integer.MAX_VALUE. 
      Beware that, unlike in most collections, this method is NOT a constant-time operation. Because of the asynchronous nature of these queues, determining the current number of elements requires an O(n) traversal.
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Int | the number of elements in this queue |