POBox.java

package org.prevayler.implementation.publishing;
import org.prevayler.foundation.Cool;
import org.prevayler.implementation.TransactionTimestamp;
import java.util.LinkedList;

/** 
 * An assyncronous buffer for transaction subscribers. 
 */
public class POBox implements TransactionSubscriber, Runnable {
  private final LinkedList _queue=new LinkedList();
  private final TransactionSubscriber _delegate;
  private final Object _emptynessMonitor=new Object();
  public POBox(  TransactionSubscriber delegate){
    _delegate=delegate;
    Cool.startDaemon(this);
  }
  public synchronized void receive(  TransactionTimestamp transactionTimestamp){
    _queue.add(transactionTimestamp);
    notify();
  }
  public void run(){
    while (true) {
      TransactionTimestamp notification=waitForNotification();
      _delegate.receive(notification);
    }
  }
  private synchronized TransactionTimestamp waitForNotification(){
    while (_queue.size() == 0) {
synchronized (_emptynessMonitor) {
        _emptynessMonitor.notify();
      }
      Cool.wait(this);
    }
    return (TransactionTimestamp)_queue.removeFirst();
  }
  public void waitToEmpty(){
synchronized (_emptynessMonitor) {
      while (_queue.size() != 0)       Cool.wait(_emptynessMonitor);
    }
  }
}