Queue<E> class abstract interface

A Queue is a collection that can be manipulated at both ends. One can iterate over the elements of a queue through forEach or with an Iterator.

It is generally not allowed to modify the queue (add or remove entries) while an operation in the queue is being performed, for example during a call to forEach. Modifying the queue while it is being iterated will most likely break the iteration. This goes both for using the iterator directly, or for iterating an Iterable returned by a method like map or where.

Example:

final queue = Queue<int>(); // ListQueue() by default
print(queue.runtimeType); // ListQueue

// Adding items to queue
queue.addAll([1, 2, 3]);
queue.addFirst(0);
queue.addLast(10);
print(queue); // {0, 1, 2, 3, 10}

// Removing items from queue
queue.removeFirst();
queue.removeLast();
print(queue); // {1, 2, 3}
Implemented types
Implementers
Available Extensions

Constructors

Queue()
Creates a queue.
factory
Queue.from(Iterable elements)
Creates a queue containing all elements.
factory
Queue.of(Iterable<E> elements)
Creates a queue from elements.
factory

Properties

first → E
The first element.
read-onlyinherited
hashCode int
The hash code for this object.
read-onlyinherited
isEmpty bool
Whether this collection has no elements.
read-onlyinherited
isNotEmpty bool
Whether this collection has at least one element.
read-onlyinherited
iterator Iterator<E>
A new Iterator that allows iterating the elements of this Iterable.
read-onlyinherited
last → E
The last element.
read-onlyinherited
length int
Returns the number of elements in the iterable.
read-onlyinherited
runtimeType Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
read-onlyinherited
single → E
Checks that this iterable has only one element, and returns that element.
read-onlyinherited

Methods

add(E value) → void
Adds value at the end of the queue.
addAll(Iterable<E> iterable) → void
Adds all elements of iterable at the end of the queue. The length of the queue is extended by the length of iterable.
addFirst(E value) → void
Adds value at the beginning of the queue.
addLast(E value) → void
Adds value at the end of the queue.
any(bool test(E element)) bool
Checks whether any element of this iterable satisfies test.
inherited
cast<R>() Queue<R>
Provides a view of this queue as a queue of R instances, if necessary.
override
clear() → void
Removes all elements in the queue. The size of the queue becomes zero.
contains(Object? element) bool
Whether the collection contains an element equal to element.
inherited
elementAt(int index) → E
Returns the indexth element.
inherited
every(bool test(E element)) bool
Checks whether every element of this iterable satisfies test.
inherited
expand<T>(Iterable<T> toElements(E element)) Iterable<T>
Expands each element of this Iterable into zero or more elements.
inherited
firstWhere(bool test(E element), {E orElse()?}) → E
The first element that satisfies the given predicate test.
inherited
fold<T>(T initialValue, T combine(T previousValue, E element)) → T
Reduces a collection to a single value by iteratively combining each element of the collection with an existing value
inherited
followedBy(Iterable<E> other) Iterable<E>
Creates the lazy concatenation of this iterable and other.
inherited
forEach(void action(E element)) → void
Invokes action on each element of this iterable in iteration order.
inherited
join([String separator = ""]) String
Converts each element to a String and concatenates the strings.
inherited
lastWhere(bool test(E element), {E orElse()?}) → E
The last element that satisfies the given predicate test.
inherited
map<T>(T toElement(E e)) Iterable<T>
The current elements of this iterable modified by toElement.
inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
reduce(E combine(E value, E element)) → E
Reduces a collection to a single value by iteratively combining elements of the collection using the provided function.
inherited
remove(Object? value) bool
Removes a single instance of value from the queue.
removeFirst() → E
Removes and returns the first element of this queue.
removeLast() → E
Removes and returns the last element of the queue.
removeWhere(bool test(E element)) → void
Removes all elements matched by test from the queue.
retainWhere(bool test(E element)) → void
Removes all elements not matched by test from the queue.
singleWhere(bool test(E element), {E orElse()?}) → E
The single element that satisfies test.
inherited
skip(int count) Iterable<E>
Creates an Iterable that provides all but the first count elements.
inherited
skipWhile(bool test(E value)) Iterable<E>
Creates an Iterable that skips leading elements while test is satisfied.
inherited
take(int count) Iterable<E>
Creates a lazy iterable of the count first elements of this iterable.
inherited
takeWhile(bool test(E value)) Iterable<E>
Creates a lazy iterable of the leading elements satisfying test.
inherited
toList({bool growable = true}) List<E>
Creates a List containing the elements of this Iterable.
inherited
toSet() Set<E>
Creates a Set containing the same elements as this iterable.
inherited
toString() String
A string representation of this object.
inherited
where(bool test(E element)) Iterable<E>
Creates a new lazy Iterable with all elements that satisfy the predicate test.
inherited
whereType<T>() Iterable<T>
Creates a new lazy Iterable with all elements that have type T.
inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) bool
The equality operator.
inherited

Static Methods

castFrom<S, T>(Queue<S> source) Queue<T>
Adapts source to be a Queue<T>.
override