--  Copyright 1994 Grady Booch
--  Copyright 1994-1997 David Weller
--  Copyright 1998-2002 Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>

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--  $RCSfile: bc-containers-queues-bounded.ads,v $
--  $Revision: 1.9.2.3 $
--  $Date: 2002/12/29 16:41:25 $
--  $Author: simon $

with BC.Support.Bounded;

generic
   Maximum_Size : Positive;
package BC.Containers.Queues.Bounded is

   pragma Elaborate_Body;

   type Queue is new Abstract_Queue with private;

   function Null_Container return Queue;

   procedure Clear (Q : in out Queue);
   --  Empty the queue of all items.

   procedure Append (Q : in out Queue; Elem : Item);
   --  Add the item to the back of the queue; the item itself is
   --  copied.

   procedure Pop (Q : in out Queue);
   --  Remove the item from the front of the queue.

   procedure Remove (Q : in out Queue; From : Positive);
   --  Remove the item at the given index (may be a balking
   --  operation).

   function Available (Q : in Queue) return Natural;
   --  Indicates number of empty "Item slots" left in Queue

   function Length (Q : in Queue) return Natural;
   --  Return the number of items in the queue.

   function Is_Empty (Q : in Queue) return Boolean;
   --  Return True if and only if there are no items in the queue.

   function Front (Q : in Queue) return Item;
   --  Return a copy of the item at the front of the queue.

   function Location (Q : in Queue; Elem : Item) return Natural;
   --  Return the first index at which the item is found; return 0 if
   --  the item does not exist in the queue.

   function "=" (Left, Right : in Queue) return Boolean;
   --  Return True if and only if both queues have the same length and
   --  the same items in the same order; return False otherwise.

   function New_Iterator (For_The_Queue : Queue) return Iterator'Class;
   --  Return a reset Iterator bound to the specific Queue.

private

   function Item_At (Q : Queue; Index : Positive) return Item_Ptr;

   package Queue_Nodes
   is new BC.Support.Bounded (Item => Item,
                              Item_Ptr => Item_Ptr);

   type Queue is new Abstract_Queue with record
      Rep : Queue_Nodes.Bnd_Node (Maximum_Size => Maximum_Size);
   end record;

end BC.Containers.Queues.Bounded;