jcsp.util.ints
Class InfiniteBufferInt

java.lang.Object
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  +--jcsp.util.ints.InfiniteBufferInt

All Implemented Interfaces:

ChannelDataStoreInt, Cloneable, Serializable

public class InfiniteBufferInt

extends Object

implements ChannelDataStoreInt, Serializable

This is used to create a buffered integer channel that always accepts and never loses any input.

Description

InfiniteBufferInt is an implementation of ChannelDataStoreInt that yields a FIFO buffered semantics for a channel. When empty, the channel blocks readers. However, its capacity is infinite (expanding to whatever is needed so far as the underlying memory system will permit). So, it never gets full and blocks a writer. See the static create methods of One2OneChannelInt etc.

The getState method returns EMPTY or NONEMPTYFULL, but never FULL.

An initial size for the buffer can be specified during construction.

Author:

P.D.Austin

See Also:

ZeroBufferInt, BufferInt, OverWriteOldestBufferInt, OverWritingBufferInt, OverFlowingBufferInt, One2OneChannelInt, Any2OneChannelInt, One2AnyChannelInt, Any2AnyChannelInt, Serialized Form

Fields inherited from interface jcsp.util.ints.ChannelDataStoreInt

EMPTY, FULL, NONEMPTYFULL

Constructor Summary

InfiniteBufferInt()
Construct a new InfiniteBufferInt with the default size (of 8).

InfiniteBufferInt(int initialSize)
Construct a new InfiniteBufferInt with the specified initial size.

Method Summary

Object	clone() Returns a new (and EMPTY) InfiniteBufferInt with the same creation parameters as this one.
int	get() Returns the oldest int from the InfiniteBufferInt and removes it.
int	getState() Returns the current state of the InfiniteBufferInt.
void	put(int value) Puts a new int into the InfiniteBufferInt.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InfiniteBufferInt

public InfiniteBufferInt()

Construct a new InfiniteBufferInt with the default size (of 8).

InfiniteBufferInt

public InfiniteBufferInt(int initialSize)

Construct a new InfiniteBufferInt with the specified initial size.

Parameters:

initialSize - the number of ints the InfiniteBufferInt can initially store.

Throws:

BufferIntSizeError - if initialSize is zero or negative. Note: no action should be taken to try/catch this exception - application code generating it is in error and needs correcting.

Method Detail

get

public int get()

Returns the oldest int from the InfiniteBufferInt and removes it.

Pre-condition: getState must not currently return EMPTY.

Specified by:

get in interface ChannelDataStoreInt

Returns:

the oldest int from the InfiniteBufferInt

put

public void put(int value)

Puts a new int into the InfiniteBufferInt.

Implementation note: if InfiniteBufferInt is full, a new internal buffer with double the capacity is constructed and the old data copied across.

Specified by:

put in interface ChannelDataStoreInt

Parameters:

value - the int to put into the InfiniteBufferInt

getState

public int getState()

Returns the current state of the InfiniteBufferInt.

Specified by:

getState in interface ChannelDataStoreInt

Returns:

the current state of the InfiniteBufferInt (EMPTY or NONEMPTYFULL)

clone

public Object clone()

Returns a new (and EMPTY) InfiniteBufferInt with the same creation parameters as this one.

Note: Only the initial size and structure of the InfiniteBufferInt is cloned, not any stored data.

Specified by:

clone in interface ChannelDataStoreInt

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

the cloned instance of this InfiniteBufferInt.