This post helps you understand how the Queue interfaces and classes are design in the Java Collections framework.

Queue API is the most complex API in the family of Java Collections Framework. Queue<E>is the base interface for all kind of queues.

  • Sub interfaces: BlockingQueue<E>, Deque<E> and BlockingDeque<E>.
  • Abstract classes: AbstractQueue<E>.
  • Implementation classes:
    • ArrayBlockingQueue<E>
    • ArrayDeque<E>
    • ConcurrentLinkedQueue<E>
    • DelayQueue<E extends Delayed>
    • LinkedBlockingDeque<E>
    • LinkedBlockingQueue<E>
    • LinkedList<E>
    • PriorityBlockingQueue<E>
    • PriorityQueue<E>
    • SynchronousQueue<E>

The following class diagram outlines the hierarchy of Queue API:

Queue API class diagram

 

Related Java Queue Tutorials:

 

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