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README.md

Java 7

Features

Collections API:
- TransferQueue<E>
  - extends BlockingQueue<E> interface
  - implementated by LinkedTransferQueue<E>
  - blocking queue in which producer may wait for consumers to receive elements
  - it can publish an element and wait for consumers or just publish and forget
  - it can use a timeout to wait for a consumer
  - methods:
    - getWaitingConsumerCount(): returns an estimate of the number of waiting consumer to receive elements via BlockingQueue take or timed poll.
    - hasWaitingConsumer(): returns true if there is any waiting consumer.
    - transfer(E): send an element and wait for the consumer.
    - tryTransfer(E): send an element to a waiting consumer, return false immediately if there isn't any consumer.
    - tryTransfer(E, long, TimeUnit): like tryTransfer but with a timeout to wait for a consumer before returning false.