Simple Object FIFO
public class SimpleObjectFIFO extends Object { private Object[] queue; private int capacity; private int size; private int head; private int tail; public SimpleObjectFIFO(int cap) { capacity = (cap > 0) ? cap : 1; // at least 1 queue = new Object[capacity]; head = 0; tail = 0; size = 0; } public synchronized int getSize() { return size; } public synchronized boolean isFull() { return (size == capacity); } public synchronized void add(Object obj) throws InterruptedException { while (isFull()) { wait(); } queue[head] = obj; head = (head + 1) % capacity; size++; notifyAll(); // let any waiting threads know about change } public synchronized Object remove() throws InterruptedException { while (size == 0) { wait(); } Object obj = queue[tail]; queue[tail] = null; // don't block GC by keeping unnecessary reference tail = (tail + 1) % capacity; size--; notifyAll(); // let any waiting threads know about change return obj; } public synchronized void printState() { StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); sb.append("SimpleObjectFIFO:\n"); sb.append(" capacity=" + capacity + "\n"); sb.append(" size=" + size); if (isFull()) { sb.append(" - FULL"); } else if (size == 0) { sb.append(" - EMPTY"); } sb.append("\n"); sb.append(" head=" + head + "\n"); sb.append(" tail=" + tail + "\n"); for (int i = 0; i < queue.length; i++) { sb.append(" queue[" + i + "]=" + queue[i] + "\n"); } System.out.print(sb); } public static void main(String[] args) { try { SimpleObjectFIFO fifo = new SimpleObjectFIFO(5); fifo.printState(); fifo.add("S01"); fifo.printState(); fifo.add("S02"); fifo.printState(); fifo.add("S03"); fifo.printState(); Object obj = fifo.remove(); System.out.println("just removed obj=" + obj); fifo.printState(); fifo.add("S04"); fifo.printState(); fifo.add("S05"); fifo.printState(); fifo.add("S06"); fifo.printState(); } catch (InterruptedException x) { x.printStackTrace(); } } }