class Thread::Queue

The Thread::Queue class implements multi-producer, multi-consumer queues. It is especially useful in threaded programming when information must be exchanged safely between multiple threads. The Thread::Queue class implements all the required locking semantics.

The class implements FIFO (first in, first out) type of queue. In a FIFO queue, the first tasks added are the first retrieved.

Example:

queue = Thread::Queue.new

producer = Thread.new do
  5.times do |i|
    sleep rand(i) # simulate expense
    queue << i
    puts "#{i} produced"
  end
end

consumer = Thread.new do
  5.times do |i|
    value = queue.pop
    sleep rand(i/2) # simulate expense
    puts "consumed #{value}"
  end
end

consumer.join

Public Class Methods

Thread::Queue.new → empty_queue click to toggle source

Thread::Queue.new(enumerable) → queue

Creates a new queue instance, optionally using the contents of an enumerable for its initial state.

Example:

q = Thread::Queue.new
#=> #<Thread::Queue:0x00007ff7501110d0>
q.empty?
#=> true

q = Thread::Queue.new([1, 2, 3])
#=> #<Thread::Queue:0x00007ff7500ec500>
q.empty?
#=> false
q.pop
#=> 1

static VALUE
rb_queue_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    VALUE initial;
    struct rb_queue *q = queue_ptr(self);
    if ((argc = rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &initial)) == 1) {
        initial = rb_to_array(initial);
    }
    RB_OBJ_WRITE(self, queue_list(q), ary_buf_new());
    ccan_list_head_init(queue_waitq(q));
    if (argc == 1) {
        rb_ary_concat(q->que, initial);
    }
    return self;
}

Public Instance Methods

<<(object)

Pushes the given object to the queue.

Alias for: push

clear() click to toggle source

Removes all objects from the queue.

static VALUE
rb_queue_clear(VALUE self)
{
    struct rb_queue *q = queue_ptr(self);

    rb_ary_clear(check_array(self, q->que));
    return self;
}

close click to toggle source

Closes the queue. A closed queue cannot be re-opened.

After the call to close completes, the following are true:

closed? will return true
close will be ignored.
calling enq/push/<< will raise a ClosedQueueError.
when empty? is false, calling deq/pop/shift will return an object from the queue as usual.
when empty? is true, deq(false) will not suspend the thread and will return nil. deq(true) will raise a ThreadError.

ClosedQueueError is inherited from StopIteration, so that you can break loop block.

Example:

q = Thread::Queue.new
Thread.new{
  while e = q.deq # wait for nil to break loop
    # ...
  end
}
q.close

static VALUE
rb_queue_close(VALUE self)
{
    struct rb_queue *q = queue_ptr(self);

    if (!queue_closed_p(self)) {
        FL_SET(self, QUEUE_CLOSED);

        wakeup_all(queue_waitq(q));
    }

    return self;
}

closed? click to toggle source

Returns true if the queue is closed.

static VALUE
rb_queue_closed_p(VALUE self)
{
    return RBOOL(queue_closed_p(self));
}

deq(non_block = false, timeout: nil)

Alias for: pop

empty? click to toggle source

Returns true if the queue is empty.

static VALUE
rb_queue_empty_p(VALUE self)
{
    return RBOOL(queue_length(self, queue_ptr(self)) == 0);
}

enq(object)

Pushes the given object to the queue.

Alias for: push

length click to toggle source

Returns the length of the queue.

static VALUE
rb_queue_length(VALUE self)
{
    return LONG2NUM(queue_length(self, queue_ptr(self)));
}

Also aliased as: size

num_waiting() click to toggle source

Returns the number of threads waiting on the queue.

static VALUE
rb_queue_num_waiting(VALUE self)
{
    struct rb_queue *q = queue_ptr(self);

    return INT2NUM(q->num_waiting);
}

pop(non_block=false, timeout: nil) click to toggle source

Retrieves data from the queue.

If the queue is empty, the calling thread is suspended until data is pushed onto the queue. If non_block is true, the thread isn’t suspended, and ThreadError is raised.

If timeout seconds have passed and no data is available nil is returned. If timeout is 0 it returns immediately.

# File ruby_3_3_0_preview2/thread_sync.rb, line 14
def pop(non_block = false, timeout: nil)
  if non_block && timeout
    raise ArgumentError, "can't set a timeout if non_block is enabled"
  end
  Primitive.rb_queue_pop(non_block, timeout)
end

Also aliased as: deq, shift

push(object) click to toggle source

Pushes the given object to the queue.

static VALUE
rb_queue_push(VALUE self, VALUE obj)
{
    return queue_do_push(self, queue_ptr(self), obj);
}

Also aliased as: enq, <<

shift(non_block = false, timeout: nil)

Alias for: pop

size

Returns the length of the queue.

Alias for: length