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package org.apache.commons.collections;

import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

/**
 * A thread safe version of the PriorityQueue.
 * Provides synchronized wrapper methods for all the methods 
 * defined in the PriorityQueue interface.
 *
 * @deprecated PriorityQueue is replaced by the Buffer interface, see buffer subpackage.
 *  Due to be removed in v4.0.
 * @since Commons Collections 1.0
 * @version $Revision: 155406 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 12:55:26 +0000 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $
 * 
 * @author Ram Chidambaram
 */
public final class SynchronizedPriorityQueue implements PriorityQueue {

    /**
     * The underlying priority queue.
     */
    protected final PriorityQueue m_priorityQueue;

    /**
     * Constructs a new synchronized priority queue.
     *
     * @param priorityQueue  the priority queue to synchronize
     */
    public SynchronizedPriorityQueue(final PriorityQueue priorityQueue) {
        m_priorityQueue = priorityQueue;
    }

    /**
     * Clear all elements from queue.
     */
    public synchronized void clear() {
        m_priorityQueue.clear();
    }

    /**
     * Test if queue is empty.
     *
     * @return true if queue is empty else false.
     */
    public synchronized boolean isEmpty() {
        return m_priorityQueue.isEmpty();
    }

    /**
     * Insert an element into queue.
     *
     * @param element the element to be inserted
     */
    public synchronized void insert(final Object element) {
        m_priorityQueue.insert(element);
    }

    /**
     * Return element on top of heap but don't remove it.
     *
     * @return the element at top of heap
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if isEmpty() == true
     */
    public synchronized Object peek() throws NoSuchElementException {
        return m_priorityQueue.peek();
    }

    /**
     * Return element on top of heap and remove it.
     *
     * @return the element at top of heap
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if isEmpty() == true
     */
    public synchronized Object pop() throws NoSuchElementException {
        return m_priorityQueue.pop();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of the underlying queue.
     *
     * @return a string representation of the underlying queue
     */
    public synchronized String toString() {
        return m_priorityQueue.toString();
    }
    
}