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/*
Queue.js
A function to represent a queue
Created by Stephen Morley - http://code.stephenmorley.org/ - and released under
the terms of the CC0 1.0 Universal legal code:
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
*/
/* Creates a new queue. A queue is a first-in-first-out (FIFO) data structure -
* items are added to the end of the queue and removed from the front.
*/
function Queue(){
// initialise the queue and offset
var queue = [];
var offset = 0;
// Returns the length of the queue.
this.getLength = function(){
return (queue.length - offset);
}
// Returns true if the queue is empty, and false otherwise.
this.isEmpty = function(){
return (queue.length == 0);
}
/* Enqueues the specified item. The parameter is:
*
* item - the item to enqueue
*/
this.enqueue = function(item){
queue.push(item);
}
/* Dequeues an item and returns it. If the queue is empty, the value
* 'undefined' is returned.
*/
this.dequeue = function(){
// if the queue is empty, return immediately
if (queue.length == 0) return undefined;
// store the item at the front of the queue
var item = queue[offset];
// increment the offset and remove the free space if necessary
if (++ offset * 2 >= queue.length){
queue = queue.slice(offset);
offset = 0;
}
// return the dequeued item
return item;
}
/* Returns the item at the front of the queue (without dequeuing it). If the
* queue is empty then undefined is returned.
*/
this.peek = function(){
return (queue.length > 0 ? queue[offset] : undefined);
}
/* Returns the item at the spot specified by place in the queue (without
* dequeuing it). If the queue is emprty or the requested place is outside
* the queue then undefined is returned.
*/
this.get = function(place){
var item = undefined;
if (queue.length > 0 && place < (queue.length - offset) && place >= 0) {
item = queue[(offset + place)];
}
return item;
}
}