LinkedBlockingQueue iterator() method in Java
Last Updated :
13 Jul, 2021
The iterator() method of LinkedBlockingQueue returns an iterator of the same elements, as this LinkedBlockingQueue, in a proper sequence. The elements returned from this method contains all the elements in order from first(head) to last(tail) of LinkedBlockingQueue. The returned iterator is weakly consistent.
Syntax:
public Iterator<E> iterator()
Return Value: The method returns the iterator having same elements as present in LinkedBlockingQueue in order from first(head) to last(tail).
Below programs illustrates iterator() method of LinkedBlockingQueue class:
Program 1: Creating an Iterator from LinkedBlockingQueue which contains names of different student of a class.
Java
// Java Program Demonstrate iterator()
// method of LinkedBlockingQueue
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
import java.util.Iterator;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// define capacity of LinkedBlockingQueue
int capacityOfQueue = 7;
// create object of LinkedBlockingQueue
LinkedBlockingQueue<String> linkedQueue
= new LinkedBlockingQueue<String>(capacityOfQueue);
// Add element to LinkedBlockingQueue
linkedQueue.add("John");
linkedQueue.add("Tom");
linkedQueue.add("Clark");
linkedQueue.add("Kat");
// create Iterator of linkedQueue using iterator() method
Iterator<String> listOfNames = linkedQueue.iterator();
// print result
System.out.println("list of names:");
while (listOfNames.hasNext())
System.out.println(listOfNames.next());
}
}
Output: list of names:
John
Tom
Clark
Kat
Program 2: Creating an Iterator from LinkedBlockingQueue which contains list of Employees.
Java
// Java Program Demonstrate iterator()
// method of LinkedBlockingQueue
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
import java.util.Iterator;
public class GFG {
public void collectIterator()
{
// define capacity of LinkedBlockingQueue
int capacityOfQueue = 7;
// create object of LinkedBlockingQueue
LinkedBlockingQueue<Employee> linkedQueue
= new LinkedBlockingQueue<Employee>(capacityOfQueue);
// Add element to LinkedBlockingQueue
Employee emp1 = new Employee("Sachin", "Developer", "39000");
Employee emp2 = new Employee("Sanjeev", "Tester", "26000");
// Add Employee Objects to linkedQueue
linkedQueue.add(emp1);
linkedQueue.add(emp2);
// create Iterator of linkedQueue using iterator() method
Iterator<Employee> listOfEmployee = linkedQueue.iterator();
// print result from iterator
System.out.println("list of Employees:");
while (listOfEmployee.hasNext()) {
System.out.println("*************************");
Employee emp = listOfEmployee.next();
System.out.println("Employee Name : " + emp.name);
System.out.println("Employee Position : " + emp.position);
System.out.println("Employee Salary : " + emp.salary);
}
}
// create an Employee Object with name,
// position and salary as an attribute
public class Employee {
public String name;
public String position;
public String salary;
Employee(String name, String position, String salary)
{
this.name = name;
this.position = position;
this.salary = salary;
}
@Override
public String toString()
{
return "Employee [name=" + name + ", position="
+ position + ", salary=" + salary + "]";
}
}
// Main Method
public static void main(String[] args)
{
GFG gfg = new GFG();
gfg.collectIterator();
}
}
Output: list of Employees:
*************************
Employee Name : Sachin
Employee Position : Developer
Employee Salary : 39000
*************************
Employee Name : Sanjeev
Employee Position : Tester
Employee Salary : 26000
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/LinkedBlockingQueue.html#iterator--
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