communication
Class SynchronizedBuffer<T>

java.lang.Object
  communication.SynchronizedBuffer<T>

public class SynchronizedBuffer<T>
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for implementation of services: synchronized buffer of elements of any type T

Constructor Summary

SynchronizedBuffer()

Method Summary

void	addElement(T elt) Add an element in the buffer
int	available()
T	removeElement(boolean synchronicity) Get and remove the next available element in the buffer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SynchronizedBuffer

public SynchronizedBuffer()

Method Detail

removeElement

public T removeElement(boolean synchronicity)

Get and remove the next available element in the buffer

Parameters:

synchronicity - if true, wait for an element to be available in the buffer, if not, return immediatly (and return null if the buffer was empty)

Returns:

an unread element of the buffer, or the null value

available

public int available()

Returns:

the number of elements in the buffer

addElement

public void addElement(T elt)

Add an element in the buffer

Parameters:

elt -