com.oracle.common.base

Interface Pollable<E>

public interface Pollable<E>

The Pollable interface describes a component which supports element removal.

Author:

mf 2013.02.19

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
E	poll() Removes and returns the next element, or returns null if none is present.
E	poll(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) Removes and returns the next element, or returns null upon timeout.

Method Detail

poll

E poll()

Removes and returns the next element, or returns null if none is present.

Returns:

the next element or null

poll

E poll(long timeout,
       TimeUnit unit)
throws InterruptedException

Removes and returns the next element, or returns null upon timeout.

Parameters:

timeout - how long to wait before giving up, in units of unit

unit - a TimeUnit determining how to interpret the timeout parameter

Returns:

the next element or null

Throws:

InterruptedException - if interrupted while waiting