concurrent_bounded_queue Template Class

Summary

Template class for bounded dual queue with concurrent operations.

Syntax

template<typename T, class Alloc=cache_aligned_allocator<T> >
            class concurrent_bounded_queue;

Header

#include "tbb/concurrent_queue.h"

Description

A concurrent_bounded_queue is similar to a concurrent_queue , but with the following differences:

Members

To aid comparison, the parts that differ from concurrent_queue are in bold and annotated.

namespace tbb {
           template<typename T, typename 
                    Alloc=cache_aligned_allocator<T> >
           class concurrent_bounded_queue {
           public:
               // types
               typedef T value_type;
               typedef T& reference;
               typedef const T& const_reference;
               typedef Alloc allocator_type;
               // size_type is signed type
               typedef std::ptrdiff_t size_type;
               typedef std::ptrdiff_t difference_type;
 
               explicit concurrent_bounded_queue(const allocator_type& a = allocator_type());
               concurrent_bounded_queue( const concurrent_bounded_queue& src, const allocator_type& a = allocator_type());
               template<typename InputIterator>
               concurrent_bounded_queue( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, const allocator_type& a = allocator_type());
               ~concurrent_bounded_queue();
 
               // waits until it can push without exceeding capacity.
               void push( const T& source );
               // waits if *this is empty
               void pop( T& destination );
  
               // skips push if it would exceed capacity.
               bool try_push( const T& source );
               bool try_pop( T& destination );
               void abort();
				
               void clear();
 
               // safe to call during concurrent modification, can return negative size.
               size_type size() const;
               bool empty() const;
               size_type capacity() const;
               void set_capacity( size_type capacity );
               allocator_type get_allocator() const;
 
               typedef implementation-defined iterator;
               typedef implementation-defined const_iterator;

               // iterators (these are slow an intended only for debugging)
               iterator unsafe_begin();
               iterator unsafe_end();
               const_iterator unsafe_begin() const;
               const_iterator unsafe_end() const;
        };
    }

Because concurrent_bounded_queue is similar to concurrent_queue, the following table describes only methods that differ.
Member Description
void push( const T& source )

Waits until size()<capacity, and then pushes a copy of source onto back of the queue.

void pop( T& destination )

Waits until a value becomes available and pops it from the queue. Assigns it to destination. Destroys the original value.

void abort()

Wakes up any threads that are waiting on the queue via the push and pop operations and raises the tbb::user_abort exception on those threads. This feature is unavailable if TBB_USE_EXCEPTIONS is not set.

bool try_push( const T& source )

If size()<capacity, pushes a copy of source onto back of the queue.

Returns: True if a copy was pushed; false otherwise.

bool try_pop( T& destination )

If a value is available, pops it from the queue, assigns it to destination, and destroys the original value. Otherwise does nothing.

Returns: True if a value was popped; false otherwise.

size_type size() const

Returns: Number of pushes minus number of pops. The result is negative if there are pop operations waiting for corresponding pushes. The result can exceed capacity() if the queue is full and there are push operations waiting for corresponding pops.

bool empty() const

Returns: size()<=0

size_type capacity() const

Returns

Maximum number of values that the queue can hold.

void set_capacity( size_type capacity )

Sets the maximum number of values that the queue can hold.

See Also