1. Thread::
  2. Queue

class Thread::Queue

TheThread::Queue class implements multi-producer, multi-consumer queues. It is especially useful in threaded programming when information must be exchanged safely between multiple threads. TheThread::Queue class implements all the required locking semantics.

The class implements FIFO (first in, first out) type of queue. In a FIFO queue, the first tasks added are the first retrieved.

Example:

queue =Thread::Queue.newproducer =Thread.newdo5.timesdo|i|sleeprand(i)# simulate expensequeue<<iputs"#{i} produced"endendconsumer =Thread.newdo5.timesdo|i|value =queue.popsleeprand(i/2)# simulate expenseputs"consumed #{value}"endendconsumer.join

Public Class Methods

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static VALUErb_queue_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self){    VALUE initial;    struct rb_queue *q = queue_ptr(self);    if ((argc = rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &initial)) == 1) {        initial = rb_to_array(initial);    }    RB_OBJ_WRITE(self, queue_list(q), ary_buf_new());    ccan_list_head_init(queue_waitq(q));    if (argc == 1) {        rb_ary_concat(q->que, initial);    }    return self;}

Creates a new queue instance, optionally using the contents of anenumerable for its initial state.

Example:

q =Thread::Queue.new#=> #<Thread::Queue:0x00007ff7501110d0>q.empty?#=> trueq =Thread::Queue.new([1,2,3])#=> #<Thread::Queue:0x00007ff7500ec500>q.empty?#=> falseq.pop#=> 1

Public Instance Methods

Pushes the givenobject to the queue.

Alias for:push
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static VALUErb_queue_clear(VALUE self){    struct rb_queue *q = queue_ptr(self);    rb_ary_clear(check_array(self, q->que));    return self;}

Removes all objects from the queue.

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static VALUErb_queue_close(VALUE self){    struct rb_queue *q = queue_ptr(self);    if (!queue_closed_p(self)) {        FL_SET(self, QUEUE_CLOSED);        wakeup_all(queue_waitq(q));    }    return self;}

Closes the queue. A closed queue cannot be re-opened.

After the call to close completes, the following are true:

  • closed? will return true

  • close will be ignored.

  • calling enq/push/<< will raise aClosedQueueError.

  • whenempty? is false, calling deq/pop/shift will return an object from the queue as usual.

  • whenempty? is true, deq(false) will not suspend the thread and will return nil. deq(true) will raise aThreadError.

ClosedQueueError is inherited fromStopIteration, so that you can break loop block.

Example:

q =Thread::Queue.newThread.new{whilee =q.deq# wait for nil to break loop# ...end}q.close
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static VALUErb_queue_closed_p(VALUE self){    return RBOOL(queue_closed_p(self));}

Returnstrue if the queue is closed.

Alias for:pop
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static VALUErb_queue_empty_p(VALUE self){    return RBOOL(queue_length(self, queue_ptr(self)) == 0);}

Returnstrue if the queue is empty.

Pushes the givenobject to the queue.

Alias for:push
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static VALUErb_queue_freeze(VALUE self){    rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "cannot freeze " "%+"PRIsVALUE, self);    UNREACHABLE_RETURN(self);}

The queue can’t be frozen, so this method raises an exception:

Thread::Queue.new.freeze# Raises TypeError (cannot freeze #<Thread::Queue:0x...>)
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static VALUErb_queue_length(VALUE self){    return LONG2NUM(queue_length(self, queue_ptr(self)));}

Returns the length of the queue.

Also aliased as:size
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static VALUErb_queue_num_waiting(VALUE self){    struct rb_queue *q = queue_ptr(self);    return INT2NUM(q->num_waiting);}

Returns the number of threads waiting on the queue.

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# File thread_sync.rb, line 16defpop(non_block =false,timeout:nil)ifnon_block&&timeoutraiseArgumentError,"can't set a timeout if non_block is enabled"endPrimitive.rb_queue_pop(non_block,timeout)end

Retrieves data from the queue.

If the queue is empty, the calling thread is suspended until data is pushed onto the queue. Ifnon_block is true, the thread isn’t suspended, andThreadError is raised.

Iftimeout seconds have passed and no data is availablenil is returned. Iftimeout is0 it returns immediately.

Also aliased as:deq,shift
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static VALUErb_queue_push(VALUE self, VALUE obj){    return queue_do_push(self, queue_ptr(self), obj);}

Pushes the givenobject to the queue.

Also aliased as:enq,<<
Alias for:pop

Returns the length of the queue.

Alias for:length