E - the type of elements held in this collectionpublic interface Deque<E> extends Queue<E>
A linear collection that supports element insertion and removal at both ends. The name deque is short for "double ended queue" and is usually pronounced "deck". Most Deque implementations place no fixed limits on the number of elements they may contain, but this interface supports capacity-restricted deques as well as those with no fixed size limit.
This interface defines methods to access the elements at both ends of the deque. Methods are provided to insert, remove, and examine the element. Each of these methods exists in two forms: one throws an exception if the operation fails, the other returns a special value (either null or false, depending on the operation). The latter form of the insert operation is designed specifically for use with capacity-restricted Deque implementations; in most implementations, insert operations cannot fail.
The twelve methods described above are summarized in the following table:
| First Element (Head) | Last Element (Tail) | |||
| Throws exception | Special value | Throws exception | Special value | |
| Insert | addFirst(e) | offerFirst(e) | addLast(e) | offerLast(e) |
| Remove | removeFirst() | pollFirst() | removeLast() | pollLast() |
| Examine | getFirst() | peekFirst() | getLast() | peekLast() |
This interface extends the Queue interface. When a deque is used as a queue, FIFO (First-In-First-Out) behavior results. Elements are added at the end of the deque and removed from the beginning. The methods inherited from the Queue interface are precisely equivalent to Deque methods as indicated in the following table:
Queue Method
| Equivalent Deque Method
|
add(e) | addLast(e) |
offer(e) | offerLast(e) |
remove() | removeFirst() |
poll() | pollFirst() |
element() | getFirst() |
peek() | peekFirst() |
Deques can also be used as LIFO (Last-In-First-Out) stacks. This interface should be used in preference to the legacy Stack class. When a deque is used as a stack, elements are pushed and popped from the beginning of the deque. Stack methods are precisely equivalent to Deque methods as indicated in the table below:
| Stack Method | Equivalent Deque Method
|
push(e) | addFirst(e) |
pop() | removeFirst() |
peek() | peekFirst() |
Note that the peek method works equally well when a deque is used as a queue or a stack; in either case, elements are drawn from the beginning of the deque.
This interface provides two methods to remove interior elements, removeFirstOccurrence and removeLastOccurrence.
Unlike the List interface, this interface does not provide support for indexed access to elements.
While Deque implementations are not strictly required to prohibit the insertion of null elements, they are strongly encouraged to do so. Users of any Deque implementations that do allow null elements are strongly encouraged not to take advantage of the ability to insert nulls. This is so because null is used as a special return value by various methods to indicated that the deque is empty.
Deque implementations generally do not define element-based versions of the equals and hashCode methods, but instead inherit the identity-based versions from class Object.
This interface is a member of the Java Collections Framework.
void addFirst(E e)
Inserts the specified element at the front of this deque if it is possible to do so immediately without violating capacity restrictions, throwing an IllegalStateException if no space is currently available. When using a capacity-restricted deque, it is generally preferable to use method offerFirst(E).
e - the element to addIllegalStateException - if the element cannot be added at this time due to capacity restrictionsClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeNullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elementsIllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequevoid addLast(E e)
Inserts the specified element at the end of this deque if it is possible to do so immediately without violating capacity restrictions, throwing an IllegalStateException if no space is currently available. When using a capacity-restricted deque, it is generally preferable to use method offerLast(E).
This method is equivalent to add(E).
e - the element to addIllegalStateException - if the element cannot be added at this time due to capacity restrictionsClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeNullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elementsIllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeboolean offerFirst(E e)
Inserts the specified element at the front of this deque unless it would violate capacity restrictions. When using a capacity-restricted deque, this method is generally preferable to the addFirst(E) method, which can fail to insert an element only by throwing an exception.
e - the element to addtrue if the element was added to this deque, else false
ClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeNullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elementsIllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeboolean offerLast(E e)
Inserts the specified element at the end of this deque unless it would violate capacity restrictions. When using a capacity-restricted deque, this method is generally preferable to the addLast(E) method, which can fail to insert an element only by throwing an exception.
e - the element to addtrue if the element was added to this deque, else false
ClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeNullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elementsIllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeE removeFirst()
Retrieves and removes the first element of this deque. This method differs from pollFirst only in that it throws an exception if this deque is empty.
NoSuchElementException - if this deque is emptyE removeLast()
Retrieves and removes the last element of this deque. This method differs from pollLast only in that it throws an exception if this deque is empty.
NoSuchElementException - if this deque is emptyE pollFirst()
Retrieves and removes the first element of this deque, or returns null if this deque is empty.
null if this deque is emptyE pollLast()
Retrieves and removes the last element of this deque, or returns null if this deque is empty.
null if this deque is emptyE getFirst()
Retrieves, but does not remove, the first element of this deque. This method differs from peekFirst only in that it throws an exception if this deque is empty.
NoSuchElementException - if this deque is emptyE getLast()
Retrieves, but does not remove, the last element of this deque. This method differs from peekLast only in that it throws an exception if this deque is empty.
NoSuchElementException - if this deque is emptyE peekFirst()
Retrieves, but does not remove, the first element of this deque, or returns null if this deque is empty.
null if this deque is emptyE peekLast()
Retrieves, but does not remove, the last element of this deque, or returns null if this deque is empty.
null if this deque is emptyboolean removeFirstOccurrence(Object o)
Removes the first occurrence of the specified element from this deque. If the deque does not contain the element, it is unchanged. More formally, removes the first element e such that (o==null ? e==null : o.equals(e)) (if such an element exists). Returns true if this deque contained the specified element (or equivalently, if this deque changed as a result of the call).
o - element to be removed from this deque, if presenttrue if an element was removed as a result of this callClassCastException - if the class of the specified element is incompatible with this deque (optional)NullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elements (optional)boolean removeLastOccurrence(Object o)
Removes the last occurrence of the specified element from this deque. If the deque does not contain the element, it is unchanged. More formally, removes the last element e such that (o==null ? e==null : o.equals(e)) (if such an element exists). Returns true if this deque contained the specified element (or equivalently, if this deque changed as a result of the call).
o - element to be removed from this deque, if presenttrue if an element was removed as a result of this callClassCastException - if the class of the specified element is incompatible with this deque (optional)NullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elements (optional)boolean add(E e)
Inserts the specified element into the queue represented by this deque (in other words, at the tail of this deque) if it is possible to do so immediately without violating capacity restrictions, returning true upon success and throwing an IllegalStateException if no space is currently available. When using a capacity-restricted deque, it is generally preferable to use offer.
This method is equivalent to addLast(E).
add in interface Collection<E>
add in interface Queue<E>
e - the element to addtrue (as specified by Collection.add(E))IllegalStateException - if the element cannot be added at this time due to capacity restrictionsClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeNullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elementsIllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeboolean offer(E e)
Inserts the specified element into the queue represented by this deque (in other words, at the tail of this deque) if it is possible to do so immediately without violating capacity restrictions, returning true upon success and false if no space is currently available. When using a capacity-restricted deque, this method is generally preferable to the add(E) method, which can fail to insert an element only by throwing an exception.
This method is equivalent to offerLast(E).
offer in interface Queue<E>
e - the element to addtrue if the element was added to this deque, else false
ClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeNullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elementsIllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeE remove()
Retrieves and removes the head of the queue represented by this deque (in other words, the first element of this deque). This method differs from poll only in that it throws an exception if this deque is empty.
This method is equivalent to removeFirst().
remove in interface Queue<E>
NoSuchElementException - if this deque is emptyE poll()
Retrieves and removes the head of the queue represented by this deque (in other words, the first element of this deque), or returns null if this deque is empty.
This method is equivalent to pollFirst().
poll in interface Queue<E>
null if this deque is emptyE element()
Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of the queue represented by this deque (in other words, the first element of this deque). This method differs from peek only in that it throws an exception if this deque is empty.
This method is equivalent to getFirst().
element in interface Queue<E>
NoSuchElementException - if this deque is emptyE peek()
Retrieves, but does not remove, the head of the queue represented by this deque (in other words, the first element of this deque), or returns null if this deque is empty.
This method is equivalent to peekFirst().
peek in interface Queue<E>
null if this deque is emptyvoid push(E e)
Pushes an element onto the stack represented by this deque (in other words, at the head of this deque) if it is possible to do so immediately without violating capacity restrictions, throwing an IllegalStateException if no space is currently available.
This method is equivalent to addFirst(E).
e - the element to pushIllegalStateException - if the element cannot be added at this time due to capacity restrictionsClassCastException - if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeNullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elementsIllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this dequeE pop()
Pops an element from the stack represented by this deque. In other words, removes and returns the first element of this deque.
This method is equivalent to removeFirst().
NoSuchElementException - if this deque is emptyboolean remove(Object o)
Removes the first occurrence of the specified element from this deque. If the deque does not contain the element, it is unchanged. More formally, removes the first element e such that (o==null ? e==null : o.equals(e)) (if such an element exists). Returns true if this deque contained the specified element (or equivalently, if this deque changed as a result of the call).
This method is equivalent to removeFirstOccurrence(Object).
remove in interface Collection<E>
o - element to be removed from this deque, if presenttrue if an element was removed as a result of this callClassCastException - if the class of the specified element is incompatible with this deque (optional)NullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elements (optional)boolean contains(Object o)
Returns true if this deque contains the specified element. More formally, returns true if and only if this deque contains at least one element e such that (o==null ? e==null : o.equals(e)).
contains in interface Collection<E>
o - element whose presence in this deque is to be testedtrue if this deque contains the specified elementClassCastException - if the type of the specified element is incompatible with this deque (optional)NullPointerException - if the specified element is null and this deque does not permit null elements (optional)int size()
Returns the number of elements in this deque.
size in interface Collection<E>
Iterator<E> iterator()
Returns an iterator over the elements in this deque in proper sequence. The elements will be returned in order from first (head) to last (tail).
iterator in interface Collection<E>
iterator in interface Iterable<E>
Iterator<E> descendingIterator()
Returns an iterator over the elements in this deque in reverse sequential order. The elements will be returned in order from last (tail) to first (head).
© 1993–2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Documentation extracted from Debian's OpenJDK Development Kit package.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.
Various third party code in OpenJDK is licensed under different licenses (see Debian package).
Java and OpenJDK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.