--  Copyright 1994 Grady Booch
--  Copyright 2003 Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>

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--  $RCSfile: bc-containers-queues-ordered-unmanaged.ads,v $
--  $Revision: 1.1.2.1 $
--  $Date: 2003/02/08 16:31:10 $
--  $Author: simon $

with BC.Support.Unmanaged;

generic
package BC.Containers.Queues.Ordered.Unmanaged is

   pragma Elaborate_Body;

   type Queue is new Abstract_Ordered_Queue with private;
   --  This Queue exhibits unlimited growth and collapsing, limited
   --  only by available memory.

   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 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.

   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; return False otherwise.

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

private

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

   type Queue is new Abstract_Ordered_Queue with record
      Rep : Queue_Nodes.Unm_Node;
   end record;

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

end BC.Containers.Queues.Ordered.Unmanaged;