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/**

* This class implements a PriorityQueue.

*

* A priority queue adds elements into positions based on their priority.

* So the most important elements are placed at the front/on the top.

* In this example I give numbers that are bigger, a higher priority.

* Queues in theory have no fixed size but when using an array

* implementation it does.

*

* @author Unknown

*

*/

class PriorityQueue{

/** The max size of the queue */

private int maxSize;

/** The array for the queue */

private int[] queueArray;

/** How many items are in the queue */

private int nItems;

/**

* Constructor

*

* @param size Size of the queue

*/

public PriorityQueue(int size){

maxSize = size;

queueArray = new int[size];

nItems = 0;

}

/**

* Inserts an element in it's appropriate place

*

* @param value Value to be inserted

*/

public void insert(int value){

if(nItems == 0){

queueArray[0] = value;

}

else{

int j = nItems;

while(j > 0 && queueArray[j-1] > value){

queueArray[j] = queueArray[j-1]; //Shifts every element up to make room for insertion

j--;

}

queueArray[j] = value; //Once the correct position is found the value is inserted

}

nItems++;

}

/**

* Remove the element from the front of the queue

*

* @return The element removed

*/

public int remove(){

return queueArray[--nItems];

}

/**

* Checks what's at the front of the queue

*

* @return element at the front of the queue

*/

public int peek(){

return queueArray[nItems-1];

}

/**

* Returns true if the queue is empty

*

* @return true if the queue is empty

*/

public boolean isEmpty(){

return(nItems == 0);

}

/**

* Returns true if the queue is full

*

* @return true if the queue is full

*/

public boolean isFull(){

return(nItems == maxSize);

}

/**

* Returns the number of elements in the queue

*

* @return number of elements in the queue

*/

public int getSize(){

return nItems;

}

}

/**

* This class implements the PriorityQueue class above.

*

* @author Unknown

*

*/

public class PriorityQueues{

/**

* Main method

*

* @param args Command Line Arguments

*/

public static void main(String args[]){

PriorityQueue myQueue = new PriorityQueue(4);

myQueue.insert(10);

myQueue.insert(2);

myQueue.insert(5);

myQueue.insert(3);

//[2, 3, 5, 10] Here higher numbers have higher priority, so they are on the top

for(int i = 3; i>=0; i--)

System.out.print(myQueue.remove() + " "); //will print the queue in reverse order [10, 5, 3, 2]

//As you can see, a Priority Queue can be used as a sorting algotithm

}

}