cs101.util.semaphore
Class PNCBuffer

java.lang.Object
  cs101.util.semaphore.PNCBuffer

public final class PNCBuffer

extends java.lang.Object

cs101.util.PNCBuffer implements a producer/consumer synchronized buffer. Interface is pncBuffer.putWord(String), pncBuffer.getNextWord().
Copyright 1996 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Version:

$Id: PNCBuffer.java,v 1.4 2003/09/23 14:41:25 gus Exp $

Author:

Lynn Andrea Stein, las@ai.mit.edu

See Also:

BS

Constructor Summary

PNCBuffer()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getNextWord() (Safely) Consumes the word held in the PNCBuffer.
void	putWord(java.lang.String newWord) (Safely) Puts a word into the PNCBuffer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PNCBuffer

public PNCBuffer()

Method Detail

putWord

public void putWord(java.lang.String newWord)

(Safely) Puts a word into the PNCBuffer.

Parameters:

newWord - the word to be inserted.

See Also:

getNextWord(), BS

getNextWord

public java.lang.String getNextWord()

(Safely) Consumes the word held in the PNCBuffer.

Returns:

the word.

See Also:

putWord(java.lang.String), BS