com.sun.corba.ee.spi.transport.concurrent

Interface ConcurrentQueue.Handle<V>

Enclosing interface:

ConcurrentQueue<V>

public static interface ConcurrentQueue.Handle<V>

A Handle provides the capability to delete an element of a ConcurrentQueue very quickly. Typically, the handle is stored in the element, so that an element located from another data structure can be quickly deleted from a ConcurrentQueue.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	expiration() Time at which the element will expire
boolean	remove() Delete the element corresponding to this handle from the queue.
V	value() Return the value that corresponds to this handle.

Method Detail

value

V value()

Return the value that corresponds to this handle.

remove

boolean remove()

Delete the element corresponding to this handle from the queue. Takes constant time. Returns true if the removal succeeded, or false if it failed. which can occur if another thread has already called poll or remove on this element.

expiration

long expiration()

Time at which the element will expire

Returns:

time in milliseconds since 1/1/70 when this item expires.